National Regional Profile: Greater Geelong (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA22750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
5 413
6 718
6 666
7 723
6 963
Unemployment rate%
5.8
7.0
7.3
8.0
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
20 571
21 291
22 156
22 121
-
Taxable individualsno.
81 898
84 800
86 362
88 832
-
Taxable income$m
2 999.1
3 237.7
3 469.8
3 733.5
-
Average taxable income$
36 620
38 180
40 177
42 028
-
Net tax$m
686.7
763.6
819.9
882.7
-
Average net tax$
8 385
9 005
9 494
9 937
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.9
23.6
23.6
23.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
73 428
75 632
76 884
78 509
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 491.8
2 672.6
2 842.8
3 024.4
-
Total income $m
2 624.0
2 807.3
2 978.9
3 177.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 936
35 337
36 976
38 523
-
Average total income$
35 736
37 118
38 745
40 472
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
53.9
53.7
53.6
-
Females%
46.0
46.1
46.3
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.3
19.3
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.4
23.9
23.4
22.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
23.8
23.4
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
22.8
22.8
22.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.2
11.0
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.0
7.8
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
17.3
17.7
17.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.3
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.5
12.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.3
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
15.9
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.6
7.6
7.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.7
10.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.9
9.9
10.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
9.3
8.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
7 403
7 252
6 954
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
199.5
203.8
209.9
-
-
Total income$m
223.8
228.0
240.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 948
28 107
30 182
-
-
Average total income$
30 232
31 434
34 509
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 240
8 814
8 349
8 421
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 895
3 246
3 732
3 888
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 091
2 316
2 550
2 523
Total businessesno.
-
14 226
14 376
14 631
14 832
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 788
1 683
1 599
Employing businessesno.
-
-
708
810
732
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 496
2 493
2 331
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 106
2 190
1 596
Employing businessesno.
-
-
75
153
528
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 181
2 343
2 124
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year