National Regional Profile: Berri and Barmera (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA40520   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
509
394
335
301
333
Unemployment rate%
8.4
6.7
5.6
5.1
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 209
1 145
1 296
1 294
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 940
5 058
4 947
4 935
-
Taxable income$m
160.4
177.5
170.0
179.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 462
35 097
34 365
36 294
-
Net tax$m
33.8
39.5
36.2
38.7
-
Average net tax$
6 836
7 810
7 311
7 836
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
22.3
21.3
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 193
4 182
4 219
4 230
-
Wage and salary income $m
120.8
124.7
131.6
136.9
-
Total income $m
126.2
134.1
137.7
143.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 818
29 829
31 198
32 373
-
Average total income$
30 088
32 055
32 642
33 912
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
53.9
53.4
53.7
-
Females%
45.4
46.1
46.6
46.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
20.0
19.5
18.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
23.5
23.0
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
23.8
23.3
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
22.3
23.0
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.4
11.2
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.3
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
12.2
12.3
12.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.3
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.2
9.3
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.0
0.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
15.6
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.4
7.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
8.3
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
27.0
26.6
25.1
-
Not Stated%
-
6.7
5.9
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 034
1 012
922
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
34.9
37.4
28.6
-
-
Total income$m
35.8
39.9
32.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 788
36 950
31 060
-
-
Average total income$
34 620
39 463
34 992
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
669
645
528
522
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
243
258
276
240
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
213
222
216
222
Total businessesno.
-
1 125
1 125
1 020
984
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
84
60
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
39
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
135
99
102
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
132
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
81
135
180
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year