National Regional Profile: Greater Bendigo (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA22620   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 715
2 812
3 102
3 888
3 457
Unemployment rate%
8.3
6.1
7.0
8.7
7.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 019
10 301
10 569
10 605
-
Taxable individualsno.
36 756
38 233
39 307
40 304
-
Taxable income$m
1 209.4
1 304.2
1 406.5
1 497.7
-
Average taxable income$
32 902
34 113
35 782
37 160
-
Net tax$m
253.4
282.5
304.4
324.6
-
Average net tax$
6 893
7 389
7 744
8 054
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.7
21.6
21.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
32 444
33 820
34 579
35 532
-
Wage and salary income $m
977.8
1 059.2
1 131.3
1 205.5
-
Total income $m
1 038.3
1 122.7
1 198.8
1 274.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 138
31 320
32 716
33 927
-
Average total income$
32 003
33 195
34 667
35 881
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.0
52.8
52.4
52.2
-
Females%
47.0
47.2
47.6
47.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.7
20.7
20.7
21.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
22.6
22.1
21.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.3
23.7
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.6
22.9
23.3
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
9.5
10.2
10.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.0
8.0
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
18.9
19.0
18.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.6
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.3
11.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.1
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.3
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.1
6.0
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.3
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.5
11.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.9
7.8
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 018
3 650
3 681
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
114.1
98.7
108.3
-
-
Total income$m
122.4
111.3
121.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 399
27 033
29 422
-
-
Average total income$
30 453
30 484
33 043
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 954
3 777
3 681
3 645
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 452
1 638
1 878
1 947
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 071
1 155
1 263
1 281
Total businessesno.
-
6 477
6 570
6 822
6 873
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
750
576
645
Employing businessesno.
-
-
318
396
390
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 068
972
1 035
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
756
822
768
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
51
246
Total business exitsno.
-
-
813
873
1 014
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year