National Regional Profile: Central Highlands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
4 904
5 685
5 998
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.0
8.1
8.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
14 945
15 442
16 288
16 312
-
Taxable individualsno.
57 435
59 101
60 165
61 733
-
Taxable income$m
1 976.2
2 109.8
2 242.6
2 393.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 407
35 698
37 274
38 769
-
Net tax$m
431.0
474.1
503.0
536.8
-
Average net tax$
7 504
8 021
8 360
8 695
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.5
22.4
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
50 884
52 439
53 463
54 566
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 616.8
1 725.3
1 833.4
1 938.7
-
Total income $m
1 703.1
1 814.5
1 928.1
2 041.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 774
32 900
34 292
35 529
-
Average total income$
33 469
34 602
36 063
37 408
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.5
53.2
53.0
52.8
-
Females%
46.5
46.8
47.0
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.7
19.6
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.2
22.6
22.0
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
24.6
24.2
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
22.9
23.1
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.6
10.3
11.0
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.7
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
18.2
18.3
18.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.2
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.0
11.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.2
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.7
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.7
11.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.9
7.7
7.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 864
6 667
6 206
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
208.2
208.8
187.3
-
-
Total income$m
220.7
219.6
204.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 333
31 312
30 186
-
-
Average total income$
32 154
32 941
32 920
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 792
6 627
6 417
6 471
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 358
2 628
3 048
3 138
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 734
1 884
2 049
2 055
Total businessesno.
-
10 884
11 139
11 514
11 664
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 104
1 239
1 110
Employing businessesno.
-
-
516
651
603
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 620
1 890
1 713
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 332
1 362
1 035
Employing businessesno.
-
-
87
99
447
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 419
1 461
1 482
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year