National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA21750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
417
537
555
665
563
Unemployment rate%
4.0
5.1
5.6
6.3
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 518
2 702
2 785
2 751
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 040
8 876
9 181
9 372
-
Taxable income$m
297.5
293.5
317.6
348.8
-
Average taxable income$
32 909
33 066
34 595
37 215
-
Net tax$m
61.3
62.1
66.9
74.6
-
Average net tax$
6 786
7 001
7 287
7 955
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.2
21.1
21.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 323
7 490
7 479
7 623
-
Wage and salary income $m
209.5
222.0
230.0
244.8
-
Total income $m
222.1
232.3
242.0
258.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 610
29 644
30 749
32 115
-
Average total income$
30 323
31 013
32 364
33 869
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
54.8
54.8
54.5
-
Females%
44.8
45.2
45.2
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.7
22.0
22.4
22.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.1
21.1
20.3
19.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.6
23.7
23.1
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.4
22.1
22.3
22.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
11.1
11.9
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.5
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
16.0
15.1
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.2
5.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.4
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.6
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.9
15.1
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.2
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
11.2
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.3
19.7
19.5
-
Not Stated%
-
6.1
5.9
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 966
1 784
1 737
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
68.7
50.3
52.0
-
-
Total income$m
68.8
55.2
56.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 941
28 183
29 937
-
-
Average total income$
34 984
30 929
32 639
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 290
1 311
1 209
1 251
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
321
375
405
426
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
246
258
285
291
Total businessesno.
-
1 857
1 944
1 899
1 968
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
162
147
156
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
120
78
Total business entriesno.
-
-
243
267
234
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
204
210
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
12
87
Total business exitsno.
-
-
225
222
267
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year