National Regional Profile: Wagga Wagga (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 150107754   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
100
106
139
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
3.5
3.9
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
455
497
490
509
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 846
1 822
1 857
1 855
-
Taxable income$m
67.5
66.8
71.1
73.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 581
36 668
38 276
39 789
-
Net tax$m
15.0
15.2
16.2
16.7
-
Average net tax$
8 151
8 331
8 705
9 027
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.7
22.7
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 501
1 515
1 530
1 553
-
Wage and salary income $m
47.1
48.9
52.2
55.0
-
Total income $m
49.7
51.3
54.8
57.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 393
32 242
34 087
35 402
-
Average total income$
33 107
33 874
35 792
37 226
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
52.3
52.4
52.1
-
Females%
46.9
47.7
47.6
47.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
21.7
21.6
22.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.8
22.7
22.5
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
23.5
23.1
22.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.0
21.7
21.9
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.4
10.8
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.6
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
16.5
17.0
16.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.2
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.4
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
1.8
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.6
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
7.3
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.2
10.0
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.2
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
10.3
10.0
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
433
366
344
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.1
12.6
11.6
-
-
Total income$m
17.9
13.5
13.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
39 397
34 378
33 662
-
-
Average total income$
41 269
36 924
38 597
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
399
354
348
336
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
81
87
105
111
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
75
87
90
87
Total businessesno.
-
555
528
543
534
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
39
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
18
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
57
57
75
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
48
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
66
54
60
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year