National Regional Profile: Towong (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26670   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
102
87
72
89
94
Unemployment rate%
3.0
2.7
2.2
2.6
2.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
719
812
904
769
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 475
2 374
2 352
2 507
-
Taxable income$m
81.3
76.7
79.2
92.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 842
32 320
33 678
36 744
-
Net tax$m
16.3
16.2
16.5
19.1
-
Average net tax$
6 597
6 839
7 017
7 619
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
21.2
20.8
20.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 755
1 818
1 844
1 837
-
Wage and salary income $m
51.2
55.5
57.6
60.7
-
Total income $m
55.1
58.7
61.0
64.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 175
30 537
31 226
33 063
-
Average total income$
31 375
32 284
33 069
35 082
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
55.2
53.9
54.3
-
Females%
45.0
44.8
46.1
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.0
17.4
18.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.0
18.4
17.6
17.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
25.4
25.9
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.1
25.4
25.5
25.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.7
12.9
13.6
14.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.9
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
18.6
17.9
17.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.4
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.5
12.2
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
14.8
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.6
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.8
8.0
8.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.7
17.0
16.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
8.5
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
834
674
561
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.8
15.0
13.6
-
-
Total income$m
26.5
17.1
15.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 790
22 271
24 199
-
-
Average total income$
31 726
25 440
27 509
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
666
639
627
630
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
183
192
201
204
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
57
57
66
69
Total businessesno.
-
906
888
894
903
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
90
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
33
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
84
123
126
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
51
60
66
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
66
99
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year