National Regional Profile: Whyalla (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA48540   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 283
1 241
1 242
820
662
Unemployment rate%
11.4
11.8
11.8
7.9
6.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 832
n.p.
1 974
1 987
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 722
7 783
7 888
8 099
-
Taxable income$m
285.7
299.8
323.4
347.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 997
38 526
40 996
42 938
-
Net tax$m
65.1
69.9
76.2
82.5
-
Average net tax$
8 432
8 976
9 667
10 192
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.8
23.3
23.6
23.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 459
7 494
7 602
7 836
-
Wage and salary income $m
270.0
282.1
300.2
322.8
-
Total income $m
279.3
291.7
313.8
336.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 199
37 637
39 488
41 188
-
Average total income$
37 447
38 922
41 279
42 978
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.5
59.0
58.6
58.2
-
Females%
41.5
41.0
41.4
41.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.9
16.0
16.1
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
23.8
23.2
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.0
28.0
27.8
27.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
21.5
21.5
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.8
11.4
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.0
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
13.9
14.1
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.6
14.9
14.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
12.3
12.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.5
12.4
12.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
10.3
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.6
13.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.4
8.0
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
420
401
383
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
8.9
9.2
9.6
-
-
Total income$m
10.1
10.3
10.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
21 299
22 902
25 139
-
-
Average total income$
23 945
25 656
27 879
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
495
471
423
438
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
138
159
174
204
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
147
162
174
165
Total businessesno.
-
780
792
771
807
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
87
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
39
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
111
126
129
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
117
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
123
132
108
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year