National Regional Profile: Unincorp. Far West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 160108809   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
40
47
43
41
38
Unemployment rate%
7.4
8.7
7.9
7.3
6.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
91
97
97
94
-
Taxable individualsno.
282
277
281
288
-
Taxable income$m
10.3
10.0
10.9
11.5
-
Average taxable income$
36 598
36 037
38 639
39 938
-
Net tax$m
2.3
2.2
2.5
2.6
-
Average net tax$
8 123
7 988
8 735
9 011
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.2
22.6
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
269
263
266
270
-
Wage and salary income $m
8.8
8.8
9.4
9.9
-
Total income $m
9.6
9.1
9.9
10.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 654
33 273
35 358
36 790
-
Average total income$
35 647
34 734
37 214
38 668
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
53.2
54.1
54.1
-
Females%
45.2
46.8
45.9
45.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
17.9
17.3
18.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.1
20.5
20.7
20.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.8
27.4
25.9
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.2
24.8
24.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
11.0
11.3
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
7.1
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
15.6
15.7
15.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.0
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.3
10.1
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
3.7
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.8
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.6
8.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.9
11.6
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.9
12.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.6
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
33
25
24
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.1
0.6
0.7
-
-
Total income$m
0.9
0.7
0.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 114
25 929
29 603
-
-
Average total income$
26 532
28 258
31 482
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
12
15
15
15
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
18
12
12
12
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3
3
3
3
Total businessesno.
-
33
30
30
30
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3
0
9
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
0
0
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
15
0
3
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year