National Regional Profile: Walgett (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135107900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
414
459
387
358
336
Unemployment rate%
10.9
12.3
10.3
9.3
8.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
794
1 016
1 055
964
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 395
2 121
2 077
2 158
-
Taxable income$m
81.4
69.7
73.0
76.9
-
Average taxable income$
33 991
32 868
35 148
35 656
-
Net tax$m
17.2
14.8
15.5
16.3
-
Average net tax$
7 174
6 986
7 481
7 544
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.3
21.3
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 826
1 765
1 726
1 735
-
Wage and salary income $m
52.9
52.7
55.2
58.4
-
Total income $m
55.9
54.2
56.9
60.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 959
29 835
31 980
33 638
-
Average total income$
30 593
30 704
32 976
34 648
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.5
51.6
50.7
50.7
-
Females%
47.5
48.4
49.3
49.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.5
19.0
16.5
15.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.1
25.2
26.4
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.1
22.5
22.3
22.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
21.9
21.7
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.4
13.1
14.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
7.1
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
16.3
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.6
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.5
8.6
7.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.4
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.8
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.7
5.1
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
8.3
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.9
20.2
22.2
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
9.6
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
745
459
376
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
39.3
15.5
10.3
-
-
Total income$m
33.5
14.7
11.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
52 759
33 746
27 414
-
-
Average total income$
44 966
32 076
30 837
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
591
573
549
585
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
210
228
228
222
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
129
147
153
153
Total businessesno.
-
930
948
930
960
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
69
42
93
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
24
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
102
66
138
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
108
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
96
114
138
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year