National Regional Profile: Mount Gambier (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 425104620   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
865
747
666
572
696
Unemployment rate%
6.9
6.2
5.4
4.7
5.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 332
2 491
2 571
2 596
-
Taxable individualsno.
10 828
10 972
11 169
11 355
-
Taxable income$m
375.8
397.2
425.8
446.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 708
36 197
38 126
39 327
-
Net tax$m
82.4
89.9
96.7
100.6
-
Average net tax$
7 612
8 191
8 654
8 862
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.6
22.7
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 463
9 654
9 798
9 995
-
Wage and salary income $m
297.8
315.7
338.8
353.5
-
Total income $m
311.0
329.6
353.5
370.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 474
32 697
34 578
35 369
-
Average total income$
32 869
34 140
36 081
37 050
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.5
55.0
55.1
54.6
-
Females%
44.5
45.0
44.9
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.7
20.3
20.3
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
24.1
23.4
22.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.5
24.0
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.4
21.7
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.7
10.6
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.1
6.3
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
12.5
12.3
12.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
5.0
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.8
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.3
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.4
17.0
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.7
9.7
9.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.4
11.7
11.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.4
18.3
18.2
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
6.7
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 604
1 514
1 471
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
56.5
51.7
52.7
-
-
Total income$m
60.6
56.1
58.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 231
34 132
35 855
-
-
Average total income$
37 770
37 028
39 908
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 377
1 302
1 233
1 227
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
381
423
462
492
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
441
492
519
522
Total businessesno.
-
2 199
2 217
2 214
2 241
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
186
183
Employing businessesno.
-
-
117
99
99
Total business entriesno.
-
-
264
285
282
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
189
216
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
27
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
201
243
252
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year