National Regional Profile: Alpine (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245150112   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
138
109
104
137
148
Unemployment rate%
5.6
4.6
4.3
5.6
6.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
648
610
621
648
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 141
2 109
2 240
2 226
-
Taxable income$m
70.4
73.6
78.1
80.7
-
Average taxable income$
32 872
34 882
34 878
36 244
-
Net tax$m
14.7
16.1
16.4
17.1
-
Average net tax$
6 853
7 620
7 327
7 704
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.8
21.0
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 942
1 962
1 964
1 959
-
Wage and salary income $m
56.7
60.1
61.7
61.1
-
Total income $m
59.8
63.7
65.0
64.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 173
30 635
31 433
31 213
-
Average total income$
30 783
32 483
33 108
33 050
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
56.1
55.1
54.3
-
Females%
44.4
43.9
44.9
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
18.1
18.9
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.2
18.3
17.8
16.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.1
26.2
25.7
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
24.0
24.6
24.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.7
13.4
13.0
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
7.9
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
12.9
13.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.2
4.9
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.1
10.2
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.7
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.7
12.9
13.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
8.7
9.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
9.6
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.0
22.7
21.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.5
7.6
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
361
359
327
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.7
9.7
9.1
-
-
Total income$m
10.3
10.7
10.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 805
27 140
27 762
-
-
Average total income$
28 527
29 783
31 790
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
276
282
261
264
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
120
126
129
126
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
111
120
141
129
Total businessesno.
-
507
528
531
519
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
39
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
21
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
69
60
78
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
78
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
48
81
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year