National Regional Profile: Wimmera (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 225   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 421
1 158
1 362
1 622
1 735
Unemployment rate%
5.4
4.5
5.3
6.2
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 865
6 464
6 487
6 974
-
Taxable individualsno.
22 142
21 319
22 183
21 860
-
Taxable income$m
803.1
727.4
792.2
788.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 269
34 120
35 712
36 084
-
Net tax$m
167.5
155.0
168.0
166.7
-
Average net tax$
7 563
7 273
7 574
7 628
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.3
21.2
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 985
16 444
16 656
17 065
-
Wage and salary income $m
457.5
482.4
509.3
536.7
-
Total income $m
489.8
511.7
544.8
569.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 622
29 334
30 579
31 448
-
Average total income$
30 642
31 119
32 708
33 376
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.5
53.4
53.9
53.3
-
Females%
45.5
46.6
46.1
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.0
18.9
19.3
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.3
21.0
20.4
19.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
25.3
24.1
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.9
23.5
23.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.9
12.7
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.4
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
18.2
17.9
17.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.6
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.2
12.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.7
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
14.9
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.1
7.0
7.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
10.0
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.8
16.0
16.3
-
Not Stated%
-
6.9
7.0
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 803
5 254
5 520
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
339.0
178.1
191.7
-
-
Total income$m
322.9
197.9
215.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
49 831
33 905
34 726
-
-
Average total income$
47 471
37 670
38 991
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 372
3 291
3 165
3 231
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 395
1 485
1 569
1 575
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
963
1 056
1 119
1 116
Total businessesno.
-
5 730
5 832
5 853
5 922
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
417
393
402
Employing businessesno.
-
-
240
216
312
Total business entriesno.
-
-
657
609
714
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
525
570
339
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
75
336
Total business exitsno.
-
-
579
645
675
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year