National Regional Profile: South West Metropolitan (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 50520   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
10 378
9 465
9 370
7 688
6 360
Unemployment rate%
7.1
6.3
6.1
4.8
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
30 698
31 744
32 914
32 610
-
Taxable individualsno.
126 561
131 351
136 423
142 828
-
Taxable income$m
4 951.3
5 348.9
5 950.8
6 655.9
-
Average taxable income$
39 122
40 722
43 620
46 601
-
Net tax$m
1 200.0
1 327.5
1 496.9
1 701.3
-
Average net tax$
9 482
10 106
10 972
11 911
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.2
24.8
25.2
25.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
112 224
115 740
120 122
125 691
-
Wage and salary income $m
3 992.2
4 294.6
4 719.2
5 208.3
-
Total income $m
4 223.6
4 528.3
4 979.0
5 515.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 574
37 105
39 287
41 438
-
Average total income$
37 635
39 125
41 449
43 881
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.6
53.6
53.7
53.6
-
Females%
46.4
46.4
46.3
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.5
19.8
20.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.1
23.5
22.9
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.5
24.2
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.6
21.8
21.8
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.7
11.2
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.0
8.0
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
18.6
18.6
18.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.3
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.1
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
17.0
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.8
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.2
8.3
8.5
-
Not Stated%
-
11.1
10.9
10.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
13 779
13 637
13 106
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
432.2
464.7
479.9
-
-
Total income$m
475.1
508.9
528.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 369
34 074
36 620
-
-
Average total income$
34 480
37 317
40 349
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
16 500
15 990
15 237
15 468
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 951
4 545
5 298
5 562
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 114
3 462
3 777
3 831
Total businessesno.
-
23 565
23 997
24 312
24 861
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 369
3 090
3 225
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 068
1 311
1 317
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 437
4 401
4 542
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 930
3 744
2 820
Employing businessesno.
-
-
120
237
933
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 050
3 981
3 753
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year