National Regional Profile: Walcha (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17850   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
85
74
69
63
73
Unemployment rate%
5.1
4.5
4.1
3.7
4.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
456
501
486
516
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 387
1 349
1 389
1 378
-
Taxable income$m
49.4
45.4
51.4
53.1
-
Average taxable income$
35 586
33 679
37 029
38 557
-
Net tax$m
10.8
9.9
11.3
12.1
-
Average net tax$
7 800
7 340
8 107
8 802
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
21.8
21.9
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
942
925
927
963
-
Wage and salary income $m
26.6
26.7
27.8
28.9
-
Total income $m
28.4
27.4
29.5
29.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 248
28 817
29 975
30 029
-
Average total income$
30 101
29 607
31 860
31 063
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.4
57.7
57.9
56.8
-
Females%
41.6
42.3
42.1
43.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.9
18.1
18.8
17.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
21.8
21.7
21.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.8
23.1
22.1
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.3
22.2
21.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
15.0
14.7
15.2
16.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
6.7
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.2
13.5
12.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.3
4.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
12.3
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.0
13.3
14.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
7.0
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.2
5.8
6.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.1
25.1
23.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.9
9.5
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
537
441
448
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.5
13.2
14.8
-
-
Total income$m
20.6
14.4
17.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 191
30 024
33 029
-
-
Average total income$
38 370
32 553
37 865
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
351
333
336
375
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
135
138
153
171
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
126
141
147
162
Total businessesno.
-
612
612
636
708
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
39
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
24
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
39
63
96
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
27
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
72
27
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year