National Regional Profile: Western District (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 215   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
11 152
12 116
12 448
12 027
-
Taxable individualsno.
43 172
43 799
44 439
45 629
-
Taxable income$m
1 503.9
1 515.5
1 618.0
1 776.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 836
34 602
36 409
38 928
-
Net tax$m
321.2
332.1
356.7
396.3
-
Average net tax$
7 441
7 582
8 028
8 685
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
21.9
22.0
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
33 060
34 283
34 829
35 558
-
Wage and salary income $m
983.0
1 043.3
1 102.9
1 184.0
-
Total income $m
1 043.9
1 103.5
1 171.7
1 256.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 734
30 431
31 667
33 296
-
Average total income$
31 575
32 187
33 640
35 345
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
53.8
53.7
53.8
-
Females%
45.7
46.2
46.3
46.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.9
20.6
20.6
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.3
21.6
21.4
20.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.2
23.8
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.7
22.7
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.8
11.5
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
6.7
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
16.3
16.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
5.7
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.0
13.0
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.5
14.7
14.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.4
7.3
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.8
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.6
16.8
16.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.4
6.9
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
11 172
10 057
9 760
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
434.5
330.0
326.6
-
-
Total income$m
434.8
345.5
355.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 888
32 812
33 458
-
-
Average total income$
38 923
34 349
36 399
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 948
6 615
6 273
6 255
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 520
2 709
2 928
2 973
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 854
2 040
2 208
2 241
Total businessesno.
-
11 322
11 364
11 409
11 469
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
804
861
900
Employing businessesno.
-
-
456
570
555
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 260
1 431
1 455
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 089
1 185
801
Employing businessesno.
-
-
105
120
561
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 194
1 305
1 362
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year