National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) - Colac (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210151751   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
264
336
350
425
362
Unemployment rate%
5.0
6.3
6.9
7.9
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 407
1 487
1 518
1 519
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 076
5 082
5 155
5 220
-
Taxable income$m
165.2
169.0
178.5
194.0
-
Average taxable income$
32 546
33 263
34 627
37 161
-
Net tax$m
34.0
35.9
37.5
41.3
-
Average net tax$
6 699
7 057
7 272
7 907
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.2
21.0
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 440
4 468
4 474
4 509
-
Wage and salary income $m
127.3
133.8
138.8
146.7
-
Total income $m
134.2
139.8
146.1
154.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 680
29 955
31 028
32 538
-
Average total income$
30 235
31 293
32 665
34 203
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
55.1
55.0
55.0
-
Females%
44.6
44.9
45.0
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
24.3
23.7
23.7
24.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
22.0
21.6
20.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
23.1
22.2
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
20.3
20.7
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.0
11.8
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.1
6.0
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
14.0
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
4.7
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
11.7
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.7
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.7
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.8
8.6
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
12.3
12.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.3
19.5
19.3
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
5.8
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
722
664
647
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.6
18.7
19.4
-
-
Total income$m
24.1
21.0
21.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 667
28 122
30 017
-
-
Average total income$
33 371
31 575
32 760
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
423
453
405
426
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
150
174
186
198
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
126
132
147
150
Total businessesno.
-
699
759
738
774
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
48
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
54
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
102
102
93
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
81
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
99
84
102
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year