National Regional Profile: Central West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 197
4 466
4 302
4 265
4 065
Unemployment rate%
5.2
5.4
5.1
4.9
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
17 848
19 092
20 151
20 418
-
Taxable individualsno.
69 584
70 203
70 881
71 554
-
Taxable income$m
2 517.2
2 626.6
2 767.9
2 919.0
-
Average taxable income$
36 175
37 414
39 049
40 794
-
Net tax$m
565.5
605.1
639.4
679.0
-
Average net tax$
8 127
8 619
9 021
9 489
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
23.0
23.1
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
59 915
61 029
61 545
62 481
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 984.1
2 084.7
2 206.0
2 325.0
-
Total income $m
2 069.8
2 173.6
2 300.0
2 423.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 116
34 159
35 844
37 211
-
Average total income$
34 546
35 615
37 371
38 792
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
54.1
53.8
53.6
-
Females%
45.4
45.9
46.2
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.7
19.9
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.1
21.8
21.3
20.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.3
24.0
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
21.9
22.1
22.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.2
12.7
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.7
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.2
16.2
16.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.4
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.5
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
16.1
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
8.1
8.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.4
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.1
14.8
14.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
8.4
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
13 325
12 155
10 561
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
462.3
400.9
319.0
-
-
Total income$m
456.8
419.6
359.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 697
32 979
30 207
-
-
Average total income$
34 279
34 522
34 025
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
10 827
10 428
9 645
9 765
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 690
4 026
4 449
4 455
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 919
3 162
3 390
3 414
Total businessesno.
-
17 436
17 616
17 484
17 634
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 533
1 446
1 506
Employing businessesno.
-
-
780
741
873
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 313
2 187
2 379
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 959
1 953
1 425
Employing businessesno.
-
-
180
183
738
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 139
2 136
2 163
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year