National Regional Profile: Macquarie-Barwon (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
703
830
730
660
603
Unemployment rate%
7.5
8.9
7.8
6.8
5.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 010
2 512
2 453
2 338
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 796
6 055
6 017
6 144
-
Taxable income$m
224.5
200.7
213.8
230.2
-
Average taxable income$
33 035
33 141
35 537
37 465
-
Net tax$m
47.2
42.8
45.8
50.3
-
Average net tax$
6 945
7 068
7 615
8 184
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.3
21.4
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 120
4 864
4 673
4 719
-
Wage and salary income $m
148.2
143.7
147.8
157.3
-
Total income $m
156.2
148.1
154.2
164.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 944
29 540
31 621
33 338
-
Average total income$
30 513
30 449
33 004
34 743
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
53.2
52.7
52.8
-
Females%
45.0
46.8
47.3
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.2
18.6
17.0
16.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.4
24.6
25.2
24.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
23.3
23.0
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
20.8
20.8
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
12.8
14.0
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.2
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.5
15.1
14.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.4
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
11.1
10.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.3
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.2
15.6
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.5
6.1
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.8
7.6
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.9
20.5
21.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.9
9.2
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 109
1 379
1 393
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
88.9
46.4
44.6
-
-
Total income$m
80.7
47.6
49.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
42 163
33 642
31 988
-
-
Average total income$
38 269
34 537
35 649
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 527
1 449
1 422
1 446
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
504
558
597
594
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
360
426
462
444
Total businessesno.
-
2 391
2 433
2 481
2 484
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
171
102
195
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
75
96
Total business entriesno.
-
-
249
177
291
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
240
249
225
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
21
120
Total business exitsno.
-
-
264
270
345
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year