National Regional Profile: Northern Grampians (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA25810   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
436
335
385
441
491
Unemployment rate%
6.6
5.4
6.1
7.0
7.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 682
1 722
1 770
1 819
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 481
5 373
5 437
5 512
-
Taxable income$m
182.9
177.6
186.8
195.7
-
Average taxable income$
33 371
33 051
34 360
35 501
-
Net tax$m
37.6
37.4
38.9
40.6
-
Average net tax$
6 863
6 967
7 158
7 364
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.1
20.8
20.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 397
4 487
4 471
4 613
-
Wage and salary income $m
127.0
133.7
139.8
148.6
-
Total income $m
134.4
140.2
147.3
156.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 874
29 793
31 258
32 210
-
Average total income$
30 556
31 246
32 948
33 994
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.7
55.2
55.4
54.9
-
Females%
43.3
44.8
44.6
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.7
16.8
16.6
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.7
21.2
20.5
19.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
25.5
24.9
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
24.5
24.7
24.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
12.0
13.3
13.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.5
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
16.7
16.7
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.4
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.9
12.7
12.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.3
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
15.7
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.6
9.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.8
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.9
18.3
18.6
-
Not Stated%
-
6.2
5.9
5.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 249
1 052
1 035
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
45.2
30.0
29.5
-
-
Total income$m
45.0
33.4
33.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 198
28 525
28 522
-
-
Average total income$
36 065
31 722
32 160
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
729
729
732
702
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
252
258
288
297
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
252
276
297
273
Total businessesno.
-
1 233
1 263
1 317
1 272
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
120
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
48
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
147
168
102
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
129
150
87
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
21
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
138
171
153
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year