National Regional Profile: Downer (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805051989   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
117
122
112
104
94
Unemployment rate%
6.2
6.5
6.1
5.6
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
310
315
314
296
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 747
1 818
1 823
1 826
-
Taxable income$m
75.6
81.9
86.6
93.1
-
Average taxable income$
43 261
45 033
47 517
50 978
-
Net tax$m
19.0
21.1
22.5
24.4
-
Average net tax$
10 858
11 633
12 343
13 379
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.1
25.8
26.0
26.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 501
1 564
1 572
1 569
-
Wage and salary income $m
61.9
67.5
71.4
76.5
-
Total income $m
65.4
70.9
74.9
80.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
41 264
43 154
45 442
48 768
-
Average total income$
43 556
45 345
47 665
51 331
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
48.6
48.5
48.5
48.7
-
Females%
51.4
51.5
51.5
51.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.8
17.5
17.4
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.8
30.1
29.5
29.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
25.0
24.5
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.2
19.2
19.8
19.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.3
8.2
8.8
9.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.7
5.9
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
27.9
28.4
29.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
6.6
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.8
3.9
3.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.5
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.1
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.0
1.3
1.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.3
6.3
6.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.1
3.1
3.1
-
Not Stated%
-
27.9
27.9
27.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
100
97
90
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.2
3.3
3.3
-
-
Total income$m
3.6
3.7
3.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 043
34 323
37 159
-
-
Average total income$
36 242
38 333
42 732
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
78
93
105
87
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
30
33
36
45
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
9
15
18
18
Total businessesno.
-
117
141
159
150
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
12
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
27
21
9
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
18
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
39
18
33
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year