National Regional Profile: Moree Plains (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA15300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
634
664
656
615
554
Unemployment rate%
8.2
8.1
7.8
7.1
6.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 521
1 690
1 760
1 569
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 386
5 878
5 708
5 940
-
Taxable income$m
246.0
235.8
227.5
256.0
-
Average taxable income$
38 522
40 124
39 858
43 090
-
Net tax$m
57.3
57.9
53.4
61.3
-
Average net tax$
8 980
9 846
9 354
10 320
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.3
24.5
23.5
23.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 240
4 946
4 767
4 919
-
Wage and salary income $m
166.8
161.8
161.1
174.7
-
Total income $m
173.5
166.0
166.0
180.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 830
32 707
33 790
35 509
-
Average total income$
33 120
33 572
34 827
36 645
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
55.8
55.5
55.5
-
Females%
43.1
44.2
44.5
44.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.3
19.2
18.8
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.6
27.4
27.0
26.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.8
23.9
23.6
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.8
17.9
18.3
18.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.5
12.3
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
9.1
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
14.5
14.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.5
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.6
10.0
9.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.6
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.0
15.9
16.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
5.4
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
7.9
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.7
19.6
20.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.9
9.5
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 509
1 177
1 036
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
91.5
76.1
47.8
-
-
Total income$m
87.1
70.9
51.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
60 669
64 661
46 171
-
-
Average total income$
57 734
60 237
50 038
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 350
1 281
1 185
1 218
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
354
384
402
411
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
360
381
396
426
Total businessesno.
-
2 064
2 046
1 983
2 055
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
171
177
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
78
150
Total business entriesno.
-
-
192
249
327
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
204
186
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
12
126
Total business exitsno.
-
-
228
198
264
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year