National Regional Profile: Mid-Western Regional (A) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135055271   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
474
529
587
570
550
Unemployment rate%
6.2
6.5
6.9
6.6
6.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 969
2 133
2 200
2 301
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 462
6 396
6 339
6 430
-
Taxable income$m
227.1
229.3
237.5
254.4
-
Average taxable income$
35 142
35 846
37 463
39 558
-
Net tax$m
50.7
52.3
54.0
58.0
-
Average net tax$
7 851
8 174
8 516
9 017
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.8
22.7
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 628
5 597
5 512
5 652
-
Wage and salary income $m
179.7
183.3
185.1
198.5
-
Total income $m
188.1
189.3
195.1
207.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 939
32 753
33 578
35 116
-
Average total income$
33 427
33 818
35 395
36 773
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
54.9
54.4
53.5
-
Females%
44.2
45.1
45.6
46.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
18.9
17.8
18.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.6
20.4
19.8
19.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
26.1
26.3
25.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
22.0
22.4
22.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.3
12.6
13.8
14.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.7
8.0
-
Professionals%
-
14.0
14.3
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.5
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.1
12.8
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.7
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
14.1
13.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.6
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.2
16.6
16.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.2
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 186
1 060
985
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
33.1
28.5
28.2
-
-
Total income$m
35.1
31.3
30.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 868
26 887
28 580
-
-
Average total income$
29 614
29 471
31 102
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 209
1 260
1 167
1 098
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
429
486
519
522
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
372
402
435
456
Total businessesno.
-
2 010
2 148
2 121
2 076
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
231
225
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
75
90
102
Total business entriesno.
-
-
306
315
249
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
192
234
243
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
15
84
Total business exitsno.
-
-
207
249
327
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year