National Regional Profile: Melbourne (C) - Remainder (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205054608   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 521
1 513
1 250
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.3
6.3
4.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 128
3 417
3 733
3 896
-
Taxable individualsno.
17 371
17 876
19 044
20 541
-
Taxable income$m
890.9
944.0
1 039.6
1 168.5
-
Average taxable income$
51 289
52 807
54 589
56 888
-
Net tax$m
261.5
280.7
308.1
344.1
-
Average net tax$
15 052
15 703
16 176
16 752
-
Average net tax ratio%
29.3
29.7
29.6
29.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 711
16 157
17 262
18 679
-
Wage and salary income $m
665.9
696.9
763.4
854.4
-
Total income $m
713.2
746.4
813.6
913.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
42 382
43 135
44 222
45 742
-
Average total income$
45 393
46 197
47 133
48 895
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.3
50.7
51.0
51.0
-
Females%
48.7
49.3
49.0
49.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
20.7
20.4
20.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
40.6
41.3
41.7
41.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
17.5
17.3
17.6
17.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
12.6
12.4
12.1
11.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.1
8.3
8.3
8.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.1
11.5
11.7
-
Professionals%
-
33.6
34.1
34.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.3
3.3
3.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.7
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.6
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.9
2.0
2.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
7.4
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.5
4.5
4.8
-
Not Stated%
-
12.8
12.1
11.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 234
1 228
1 200
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
73.6
75.8
81.2
-
-
Total income$m
84.1
85.0
91.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
59 612
61 726
67 680
-
-
Average total income$
68 139
69 240
76 621
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
5 415
5 457
5 412
5 088
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 719
1 902
2 127
2 178
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 524
1 686
1 851
1 821
Total businessesno.
-
8 658
9 045
9 390
9 087
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 053
1 095
933
Employing businessesno.
-
-
426
579
465
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 479
1 674
1 398
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
966
1 185
1 191
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
135
384
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 044
1 320
1 575
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year