National Regional Profile: South West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
6 658
5 233
4 732
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.9
5.2
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
23 388
24 102
25 458
25 610
-
Taxable individualsno.
78 640
81 875
86 637
91 850
-
Taxable income$m
2 784.7
3 041.2
3 428.8
3 916.9
-
Average taxable income$
35 411
37 145
39 577
42 644
-
Net tax$m
626.1
703.1
803.6
939.4
-
Average net tax$
7 962
8 588
9 276
10 227
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
23.1
23.4
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
67 103
69 441
72 493
76 992
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 167.4
2 348.0
2 594.8
2 934.0
-
Total income $m
2 275.9
2 463.8
2 729.7
3 096.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 300
33 813
35 794
38 108
-
Average total income$
33 917
35 481
37 654
40 215
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.4
55.1
55.1
-
Females%
44.7
44.6
44.9
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
20.2
20.3
20.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
20.7
20.2
20.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.2
24.7
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
23.0
23.3
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
10.9
11.6
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.7
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
13.7
13.6
13.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
7.0
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.7
13.7
13.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.2
14.5
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.1
10.3
10.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
10.3
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.8
13.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.5
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
13 193
13 087
12 875
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
367.1
391.0
410.4
-
-
Total income$m
396.0
422.3
452.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 827
29 876
31 874
-
-
Average total income$
30 017
32 271
35 109
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
11 823
11 337
11 238
11 649
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 958
3 270
3 864
4 062
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 670
2 964
3 288
3 396
Total businessesno.
-
17 451
17 571
18 390
19 107
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 959
2 109
2 385
Employing businessesno.
-
-
795
999
987
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 754
3 108
3 372
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 442
2 343
1 980
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
177
702
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 541
2 520
2 682
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year