National Regional Profile: East Central Highlands (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 423
1 086
1 140
1 287
1 345
Unemployment rate%
8.0
5.8
5.8
6.5
6.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 980
4 231
4 567
4 624
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 952
16 264
16 449
16 726
-
Taxable income$m
555.0
583.8
615.5
658.5
-
Average taxable income$
34 790
35 893
37 417
39 369
-
Net tax$m
122.0
130.9
138.1
149.0
-
Average net tax$
7 647
8 049
8 398
8 908
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.4
22.4
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
14 031
14 346
14 597
14 689
-
Wage and salary income $m
464.8
489.5
517.6
545.2
-
Total income $m
486.8
511.7
540.6
568.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 125
34 118
35 458
37 118
-
Average total income$
34 693
35 667
37 032
38 730
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
53.8
53.5
53.0
-
Females%
45.6
46.2
46.5
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.3
17.2
17.6
17.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.9
20.0
19.4
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.6
27.0
26.4
25.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.2
24.9
24.8
25.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.9
11.7
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.8
9.5
9.8
-
Professionals%
-
16.7
16.6
16.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.2
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.3
12.9
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.7
15.9
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.4
8.7
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.8
8.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.3
10.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.5
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 296
2 236
2 101
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
60.2
60.7
54.0
-
-
Total income$m
65.0
64.7
59.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 234
27 130
25 697
-
-
Average total income$
28 326
28 923
28 090
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 388
2 319
2 295
2 328
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
654
738
879
909
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
369
396
420
429
Total businessesno.
-
3 411
3 453
3 594
3 666
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
366
375
372
Employing businessesno.
-
-
117
180
189
Total business entriesno.
-
-
483
555
561
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
441
450
357
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
12
108
Total business exitsno.
-
-
471
462
465
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year