National Regional Profile: West Tamar (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA65810   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
676
806
746
504
469
Unemployment rate%
7.1
8.2
7.3
4.9
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 334
2 387
2 510
2 444
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 804
9 047
9 273
9 574
-
Taxable income$m
302.8
323.3
353.3
381.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 396
35 737
38 101
39 885
-
Net tax$m
66.9
73.2
80.7
87.7
-
Average net tax$
7 600
8 086
8 701
9 158
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.6
22.8
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 654
7 822
7 999
8 201
-
Wage and salary income $m
244.7
256.9
275.6
294.3
-
Total income $m
257.8
270.4
292.4
312.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 964
32 843
34 450
35 885
-
Average total income$
33 680
34 572
36 554
38 053
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
54.0
53.4
53.0
-
Females%
46.1
46.0
46.6
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.9
17.0
17.3
17.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.9
21.6
20.7
19.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
25.5
25.1
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
24.1
24.0
24.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.8
11.8
12.8
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.8
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
18.8
18.8
17.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.6
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.6
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.7
18.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.4
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.7
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.9
11.0
11.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
8.6
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
970
965
959
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
25.5
27.5
28.8
-
-
Total income$m
28.6
30.4
32.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 338
28 519
30 002
-
-
Average total income$
29 474
31 473
33 949
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
828
831
795
855
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
228
255
288
306
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
123
144
153
153
Total businessesno.
-
1 179
1 230
1 236
1 314
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
177
126
165
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
48
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
228
174
210
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
144
204
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
153
213
135
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year