National Regional Profile: Bass Coast (S) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255200744   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
573
521
553
676
557
Unemployment rate%
9.1
7.3
7.1
8.4
7.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 006
2 132
2 283
2 327
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 200
6 362
6 478
6 693
-
Taxable income$m
197.6
203.4
217.2
236.4
-
Average taxable income$
31 865
31 973
33 523
35 319
-
Net tax$m
39.2
41.6
44.3
48.0
-
Average net tax$
6 318
6 531
6 835
7 179
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.8
20.4
20.4
20.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 800
4 933
5 007
5 171
-
Wage and salary income $m
137.6
144.1
151.5
161.3
-
Total income $m
146.9
153.5
161.9
171.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 665
29 212
30 260
31 200
-
Average total income$
30 604
31 124
32 337
33 183
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
51.6
50.5
49.9
-
Females%
48.4
48.4
49.5
50.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.5
18.3
18.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.9
21.0
19.6
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
22.8
22.5
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.9
25.1
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.8
13.7
14.6
15.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.9
7.6
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
16.8
16.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.3
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.2
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.9
15.8
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.3
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.8
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.9
12.4
11.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
7.1
7.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 469
1 374
1 291
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
40.9
33.8
33.6
-
-
Total income$m
44.1
37.2
37.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 835
24 585
25 994
-
-
Average total income$
29 989
27 057
29 199
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 233
1 197
1 167
1 137
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
255
273
366
375
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
147
162
192
171
Total businessesno.
-
1 635
1 632
1 725
1 683
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
162
192
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
111
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
204
303
192
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
189
261
186
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
18
78
Total business exitsno.
-
-
198
279
264
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year