National Regional Profile: West Arthur (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA58890   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
13
16
17
12
12
Unemployment rate%
1.8
2.6
3.0
2.1
1.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
101
62
95
124
-
Taxable individualsno.
390
325
373
341
-
Taxable income$m
17.9
19.6
18.5
14.0
-
Average taxable income$
45 864
60 433
49 480
41 196
-
Net tax$m
3.9
5.0
4.8
3.5
-
Average net tax$
10 051
15 514
12 894
10 146
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
25.7
26.1
24.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
178
163
166
178
-
Wage and salary income $m
4.6
4.9
5.1
5.5
-
Total income $m
5.0
5.1
5.3
5.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
25 854
29 778
30 610
30 950
-
Average total income$
28 325
31 505
31 802
33 040
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
55.8
53.6
51.7
-
Females%
44.4
44.2
46.4
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.3
22.7
21.7
21.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.0
22.1
22.3
22.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.9
24.5
23.5
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
20.2
22.3
22.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.4
10.2
8.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
13.3
10.7
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
10.2
6.0
8.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
3.0
0.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.5
15.5
15.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.0
3.0
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
11.9
15.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.4
8.3
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
4.8
3.6
3.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
27.1
29.8
29.7
-
Not Stated%
-
4.8
8.3
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
226
235
197
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
12.7
19.0
11.3
-
-
Total income$m
12.9
17.9
11.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
56 382
80 674
57 584
-
-
Average total income$
57 198
76 198
58 237
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
72
69
63
63
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
27
30
33
24
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
48
48
51
Total businessesno.
-
144
147
144
138
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
12
9
21
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
21
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
9
27
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year