National Regional Profile: Ararat (RC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220150260   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
337
406
419
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.1
7.3
7.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 337
1 381
1 443
1 402
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 525
4 596
4 599
4 731
-
Taxable income$m
152.1
158.9
160.7
173.3
-
Average taxable income$
33 613
34 581
34 947
36 627
-
Net tax$m
30.8
33.9
33.7
37.0
-
Average net tax$
6 812
7 382
7 326
7 811
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
21.3
21.0
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 726
3 814
3 860
3 914
-
Wage and salary income $m
106.1
114.1
118.6
127.2
-
Total income $m
113.2
120.3
125.1
134.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 476
29 925
30 724
32 502
-
Average total income$
30 373
31 538
32 414
34 430
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.0
53.9
52.9
-
Females%
45.3
46.0
46.1
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
18.7
18.4
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.8
21.3
20.5
19.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
24.1
24.1
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.4
24.5
24.6
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.8
11.3
12.4
13.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
6.0
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.2
16.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
4.7
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.0
12.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.2
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.4
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.2
4.8
5.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.6
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.3
22.7
22.0
-
Not Stated%
-
6.4
6.4
5.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
847
817
727
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
36.1
35.8
24.9
-
-
Total income$m
34.7
34.2
28.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
42 650
43 811
34 229
-
-
Average total income$
40 994
41 833
38 646
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
600
567
558
567
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
219
243
261
246
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
219
231
252
252
Total businessesno.
-
1 038
1 041
1 071
1 065
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
75
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
96
108
123
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
108
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
21
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
129
129
156
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year