National Regional Profile: North Western Rural (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 62010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
886
937
654
617
811
Unemployment rate%
7.7
8.2
5.6
5.1
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 753
2 853
2 950
3 003
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 293
9 665
9 895
10 109
-
Taxable income$m
305.6
322.5
347.5
373.3
-
Average taxable income$
32 881
33 367
35 122
36 923
-
Net tax$m
62.7
67.9
73.5
79.4
-
Average net tax$
6 751
7 022
7 428
7 853
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
21.0
21.1
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 844
8 188
8 454
8 709
-
Wage and salary income $m
228.6
249.3
269.3
286.0
-
Total income $m
242.3
262.0
284.6
300.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 148
30 445
31 859
32 840
-
Average total income$
30 889
31 995
33 664
34 524
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.3
57.0
56.0
55.8
-
Females%
42.7
43.0
44.0
44.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.8
19.7
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
20.7
20.1
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.7
26.4
26.2
25.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
22.1
22.8
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
11.1
11.2
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.6
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
11.0
10.9
10.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
4.7
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.0
11.8
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.3
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.8
13.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
11.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.6
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.9
22.8
23.1
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
7.7
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 000
1 841
1 780
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
63.4
52.1
50.6
-
-
Total income$m
67.6
56.5
56.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 706
28 316
28 437
-
-
Average total income$
33 797
30 677
31 591
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 689
1 680
1 665
1 710
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
507
528
573
549
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
336
366
396
378
Total businessesno.
-
2 532
2 574
2 634
2 637
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
231
201
279
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
102
96
Total business entriesno.
-
-
297
303
375
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
234
246
189
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
18
111
Total business exitsno.
-
-
249
264
300
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year