National Regional Profile: Wellington (S) - Avon (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250156812   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
75
95
105
112
95
Unemployment rate%
3.5
4.3
4.5
4.7
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
504
514
523
522
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 596
1 644
1 651
1 645
-
Taxable income$m
54.5
57.3
60.1
63.4
-
Average taxable income$
34 172
34 872
36 420
38 547
-
Net tax$m
11.9
12.7
13.2
14.1
-
Average net tax$
7 443
7 724
7 979
8 542
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.2
21.9
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 420
1 470
1 463
1 456
-
Wage and salary income $m
47.0
49.5
51.3
53.7
-
Total income $m
48.5
50.5
53.0
55.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 118
33 663
35 091
36 888
-
Average total income$
34 169
34 349
36 205
38 180
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
54.5
54.7
55.4
-
Females%
44.7
45.5
45.3
44.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
19.2
19.4
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.3
20.4
19.0
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
24.6
23.7
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.0
26.5
27.0
27.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.3
10.8
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
7.2
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
15.8
16.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
5.6
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.2
14.4
14.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
2.2
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
15.7
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.1
7.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
10.2
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.4
12.9
-
Not Stated%
-
10.5
9.4
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
272
254
247
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7.0
6.6
6.2
-
-
Total income$m
7.1
6.9
6.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 812
25 915
25 137
-
-
Average total income$
26 244
27 284
28 001
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
303
312
303
294
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
87
99
105
84
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
66
66
75
66
Total businessesno.
-
456
477
483
444
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
33
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
15
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
75
48
54
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
39
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
42
69
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year