National Regional Profile: Meekatharra (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA55250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
99
73
68
53
51
Unemployment rate%
8.3
7.6
7.8
6.0
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
135
148
141
138
-
Taxable individualsno.
394
352
324
289
-
Taxable income$m
16.8
14.7
13.5
12.5
-
Average taxable income$
42 716
41 704
41 594
43 397
-
Net tax$m
3.6
3.2
2.9
2.7
-
Average net tax$
9 176
9 158
8 886
9 335
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.0
21.4
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
397
350
313
272
-
Wage and salary income $m
14.6
13.1
12.0
10.3
-
Total income $m
14.9
13.4
12.1
10.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 654
37 473
38 235
37 975
-
Average total income$
37 640
38 253
38 614
39 288
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.7
55.3
50.5
50.7
-
Females%
42.3
44.7
49.5
49.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.4
17.4
16.3
15.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.4
24.5
24.6
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.7
26.8
27.8
25.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.9
20.2
19.8
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.1
11.5
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.3
9.6
9.6
-
Professionals%
-
21.7
23.0
23.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.1
8.6
8.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.7
4.8
8.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
0.0
0.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.6
14.7
13.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
10.5
7.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
6.4
6.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.7
14.1
16.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
8.3
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
69
55
43
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.3
1.6
1.3
-
-
Total income$m
2.8
1.7
1.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
48 237
28 515
31 132
-
-
Average total income$
40 580
31 149
35 020
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
51
48
48
45
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
18
18
21
24
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
12
15
15
12
Total businessesno.
-
81
81
84
81
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
15
15
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
24
0
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
15
27
0
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year