National Regional Profile: Augusta-Margaret River (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA50280   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
322
354
310
240
225
Unemployment rate%
6.7
6.4
5.5
4.1
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 528
1 502
1 575
1 564
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 635
4 897
5 023
5 291
-
Taxable income$m
141.6
155.5
169.4
200.2
-
Average taxable income$
30 557
31 756
33 721
37 828
-
Net tax$m
29.2
32.7
36.3
45.9
-
Average net tax$
6 295
6 672
7 218
8 670
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.0
21.4
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 645
3 786
3 876
4 059
-
Wage and salary income $m
97.5
106.8
115.5
130.5
-
Total income $m
103.2
112.2
121.3
139.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 739
28 207
29 804
32 152
-
Average total income$
28 319
29 634
31 285
34 239
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.1
51.7
52.0
51.5
-
Females%
47.9
48.3
48.0
48.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.4
21.4
20.8
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
25.3
25.6
24.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.2
23.8
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
21.0
21.6
22.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.2
7.1
8.3
8.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.9
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.4
14.4
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.3
8.4
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.3
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.9
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.0
15.1
15.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.1
5.1
5.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.4
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.0
16.8
16.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.6
9.7
9.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 188
1 158
1 169
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
28.7
29.0
30.2
-
-
Total income$m
31.2
32.1
33.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 190
25 037
25 817
-
-
Average total income$
26 230
27 756
28 993
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 065
1 065
1 089
1 101
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
261
306
330
345
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
243
270
297
300
Total businessesno.
-
1 569
1 641
1 716
1 746
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
183
156
162
Employing businessesno.
-
-
84
75
96
Total business entriesno.
-
-
267
231
258
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
207
186
141
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
21
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
213
207
192
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year