National Regional Profile: Ballina (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 410
1 237
1 010
1 217
1 109
Unemployment rate%
8.3
6.8
5.5
6.9
6.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 700
4 835
5 039
5 019
-
Taxable individualsno.
14 344
15 038
15 519
16 077
-
Taxable income$m
473.1
517.7
571.5
611.8
-
Average taxable income$
32 984
34 426
36 827
38 054
-
Net tax$m
100.6
112.8
126.9
134.6
-
Average net tax$
7 013
7 500
8 178
8 372
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
21.8
22.2
22.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 355
11 800
12 119
12 538
-
Wage and salary income $m
339.5
366.0
395.4
420.6
-
Total income $m
360.4
388.4
421.0
446.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 895
31 019
32 623
33 544
-
Average total income$
31 736
32 912
34 737
35 629
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.7
49.5
49.0
49.3
-
Females%
50.3
50.5
51.0
50.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
18.9
18.8
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.5
18.9
18.3
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.3
24.2
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.6
26.3
26.6
26.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.8
11.6
12.1
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.8
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
20.5
20.8
20.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
8.2
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.4
9.2
9.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.6
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
17.9
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.9
4.9
5.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.4
11.9
11.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.5
8.9
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
9.3
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 612
2 578
2 517
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
69.8
73.2
75.9
-
-
Total income$m
76.4
81.7
84.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 720
28 405
30 164
-
-
Average total income$
29 261
31 673
33 605
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 562
2 433
2 292
2 256
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
741
855
942
999
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
432
489
540
549
Total businessesno.
-
3 735
3 777
3 774
3 804
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
429
351
369
Employing businessesno.
-
-
195
213
159
Total business entriesno.
-
-
624
564
528
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
492
561
387
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
48
123
Total business exitsno.
-
-
513
609
510
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year