National Regional Profile: West Mallee (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 23010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
226
175
201
254
236
Unemployment rate%
3.1
2.6
3.3
4.1
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 396
1 576
1 668
1 882
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 980
4 492
4 699
4 323
-
Taxable income$m
179.7
149.5
157.1
144.6
-
Average taxable income$
36 084
33 289
33 443
33 460
-
Net tax$m
35.8
30.8
31.4
28.9
-
Average net tax$
7 188
6 864
6 683
6 686
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.9
20.6
20.0
20.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 197
3 229
3 311
3 243
-
Wage and salary income $m
83.8
86.3
92.2
94.3
-
Total income $m
89.5
91.5
99.3
99.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 226
26 713
27 843
29 085
-
Average total income$
27 999
28 324
29 997
30 664
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.9
53.8
53.4
53.1
-
Females%
44.1
46.2
46.6
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.1
19.2
20.2
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.0
18.7
17.6
17.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
23.7
23.1
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
25.7
25.3
25.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.1
12.7
13.8
15.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.0
9.6
9.3
-
Professionals%
-
16.4
16.7
17.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.9
4.2
4.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.1
10.4
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.3
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.5
13.6
13.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.1
6.5
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.9
8.2
8.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
24.8
23.9
23.3
-
Not Stated%
-
5.8
5.8
5.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 126
1 473
1 443
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
111.5
54.0
43.4
-
-
Total income$m
97.6
56.7
51.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
52 458
36 657
30 088
-
-
Average total income$
45 904
38 482
35 436
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
849
843
801
834
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
399
426
441
432
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
213
222
237
231
Total businessesno.
-
1 461
1 491
1 479
1 497
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
81
111
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
45
84
Total business entriesno.
-
-
168
126
195
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
108
108
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
12
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
129
120
168
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year