National Regional Profile: Busselton (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 510151260   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
630
696
633
492
445
Unemployment rate%
6.4
6.1
5.4
4.0
3.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 113
3 209
3 244
3 244
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 606
10 266
10 940
11 766
-
Taxable income$m
309.8
350.5
396.7
468.6
-
Average taxable income$
32 253
34 146
36 258
39 828
-
Net tax$m
66.2
77.0
88.8
108.4
-
Average net tax$
6 887
7 499
8 113
9 209
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.0
22.4
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 705
8 121
8 459
9 048
-
Wage and salary income $m
214.8
238.6
263.4
300.1
-
Total income $m
227.4
252.6
282.7
324.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 882
29 375
31 134
33 171
-
Average total income$
29 512
31 099
33 420
35 819
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.4
52.3
52.2
52.1
-
Females%
47.6
47.7
47.8
47.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
20.7
20.8
21.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.5
23.2
22.3
22.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
24.5
24.4
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.1
21.2
21.6
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.3
10.8
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
8.4
8.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.3
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
8.1
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.7
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.3
15.3
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.3
6.2
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
12.2
11.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.3
14.2
14.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
8.3
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 023
2 095
2 062
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
53.3
59.8
63.7
-
-
Total income$m
57.5
65.3
70.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 350
28 522
30 916
-
-
Average total income$
28 411
31 151
34 190
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 887
1 815
1 788
1 869
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
504
543
621
666
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
483
546
597
585
Total businessesno.
-
2 874
2 904
3 006
3 120
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
303
279
351
Employing businessesno.
-
-
138
162
147
Total business entriesno.
-
-
441
441
498
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
369
405
300
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
24
102
Total business exitsno.
-
-
381
429
402
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year