National Regional Profile: Bass Coast (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20740   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
803
724
781
949
764
Unemployment rate%
9.4
7.2
7.1
8.3
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 118
3 244
3 449
3 459
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 873
9 248
9 505
9 874
-
Taxable income$m
281.3
299.7
321.4
351.8
-
Average taxable income$
31 708
32 404
33 818
35 625
-
Net tax$m
56.0
62.0
65.9
71.9
-
Average net tax$
6 310
6 709
6 937
7 285
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.9
20.7
20.5
20.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 812
7 111
7 284
7 553
-
Wage and salary income $m
194.3
208.1
218.7
235.2
-
Total income $m
207.5
223.6
234.6
252.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 522
29 266
30 018
31 134
-
Average total income$
30 467
31 443
32 205
33 403
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
50.6
49.5
49.3
-
Females%
49.1
49.4
50.5
50.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.4
18.6
18.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.6
20.6
19.0
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.5
22.4
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
24.0
24.8
24.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.4
14.5
15.1
15.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
8.3
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
16.3
16.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.2
8.0
8.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.4
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
16.1
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.5
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.5
12.3
12.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.4
11.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
7.8
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 036
1 935
1 836
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
54.0
47.8
48.0
-
-
Total income$m
58.7
52.7
54.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 515
24 692
26 162
-
-
Average total income$
28 834
27 256
29 399
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 722
1 653
1 590
1 542
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
423
465
555
567
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
234
267
312
285
Total businessesno.
-
2 379
2 385
2 457
2 394
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
231
252
189
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
159
93
Total business entriesno.
-
-
300
411
282
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
291
357
249
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
24
117
Total business exitsno.
-
-
300
381
366
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year