National Regional Profile: West Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 43010   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
273
249
227
169
148
Unemployment rate%
8.9
7.6
6.6
5.0
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
869
822
888
932
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 567
2 672
2 652
2 589
-
Taxable income$m
79.6
89.7
88.5
90.8
-
Average taxable income$
30 999
33 572
33 377
35 089
-
Net tax$m
15.3
17.8
17.7
18.6
-
Average net tax$
5 952
6 672
6 658
7 170
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.2
19.9
19.9
20.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 067
2 038
2 100
2 099
-
Wage and salary income $m
56.8
59.3
62.9
65.9
-
Total income $m
60.7
63.0
67.6
71.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 478
29 106
29 940
31 390
-
Average total income$
29 385
30 933
32 172
33 822
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
53.7
52.7
52.5
-
Females%
46.0
46.3
47.3
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.9
17.0
15.1
16.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
21.7
21.6
19.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
24.1
24.0
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.2
24.7
25.7
26.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.5
13.6
14.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.9
12.5
12.2
-
Professionals%
-
13.7
13.5
12.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.6
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.8
9.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.1
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.9
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
6.9
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
9.4
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.4
16.2
16.6
-
Not Stated%
-
5.5
5.9
4.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
611
665
569
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
26.1
30.6
17.1
-
-
Total income$m
24.0
27.8
19.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
42 643
45 941
30 056
-
-
Average total income$
39 313
41 780
33 674
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
450
450
399
375
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
162
171
177
183
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
144
156
186
189
Total businessesno.
-
756
777
762
747
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60
57
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
102
90
36
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
96
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
18
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
81
114
87
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year