National Regional Profile: Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 430053710   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
147
127
135
95
82
Unemployment rate%
7.9
6.2
6.3
4.4
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
510
459
536
574
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 033
2 011
2 093
2 104
-
Taxable income$m
86.9
89.5
88.1
85.1
-
Average taxable income$
42 734
44 499
42 104
40 433
-
Net tax$m
19.7
21.6
21.0
20.1
-
Average net tax$
9 689
10 727
10 021
9 573
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
24.1
23.8
23.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 263
1 286
1 357
1 380
-
Wage and salary income $m
36.5
38.0
41.4
43.4
-
Total income $m
38.8
40.9
44.2
46.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 861
29 556
30 501
31 429
-
Average total income$
30 744
31 772
32 539
33 411
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.8
56.7
55.7
55.0
-
Females%
43.2
43.3
44.3
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.1
22.9
23.4
23.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.8
22.9
21.4
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
24.0
24.7
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
20.4
20.0
21.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.8
10.5
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
6.6
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.9
14.0
13.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
4.1
4.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
12.3
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.2
14.7
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.5
10.8
10.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
10.2
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.6
18.6
18.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
6.7
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
802
783
693
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
50.1
50.5
36.3
-
-
Total income$m
49.5
49.0
37.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
62 454
64 520
52 385
-
-
Average total income$
61 681
62 564
53 962
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
282
285
258
234
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
123
132
129
117
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
84
90
108
111
Total businessesno.
-
489
507
495
462
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
36
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
15
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
87
51
57
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
39
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
60
48
63
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year