National Regional Profile: Golden Plains (S) - North-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210152491   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
168
215
211
231
206
Unemployment rate%
5.0
5.9
5.9
6.1
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
633
654
705
666
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 441
2 551
2 541
2 550
-
Taxable income$m
82.2
87.8
90.2
93.4
-
Average taxable income$
33 682
34 406
35 495
36 647
-
Net tax$m
17.3
19.0
19.4
20.1
-
Average net tax$
7 103
7 451
7 615
7 896
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.7
21.5
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 050
2 147
2 176
2 192
-
Wage and salary income $m
63.0
67.3
71.6
74.1
-
Total income $m
66.1
70.7
75.2
77.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 727
31 347
32 906
33 825
-
Average total income$
32 225
32 930
34 562
35 520
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.3
55.2
55.1
-
Females%
44.7
44.7
44.8
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
18.7
18.3
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.6
20.4
19.6
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.9
26.8
26.3
26.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.6
23.7
25.1
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.6
10.4
10.7
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.4
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
15.5
15.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.2
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.0
15.5
14.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
14.8
14.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.1
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.8
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.1
13.8
14.2
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
7.9
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
500
486
431
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.6
17.6
13.3
-
-
Total income$m
17.8
16.9
13.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 209
36 238
30 867
-
-
Average total income$
35 667
34 755
31 857
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
300
252
255
270
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
114
120
147
141
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
63
66
66
63
Total businessesno.
-
477
438
468
474
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
78
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
24
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
48
102
66
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
63
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
3
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
66
78
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year