National Regional Profile: Dorset (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA61810   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
205
241
220
176
161
Unemployment rate%
6.0
6.9
6.2
4.9
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
823
853
880
865
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 816
2 867
2 901
2 926
-
Taxable income$m
87.5
90.5
99.4
97.6
-
Average taxable income$
31 067
31 558
34 272
33 340
-
Net tax$m
17.1
18.2
20.1
19.4
-
Average net tax$
6 078
6 360
6 931
6 642
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.6
20.2
20.2
19.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 402
2 440
2 457
2 443
-
Wage and salary income $m
67.6
71.9
73.4
74.4
-
Total income $m
71.0
74.6
80.9
77.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 126
29 454
29 864
30 457
-
Average total income$
29 540
30 589
32 917
31 591
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.1
56.9
57.1
56.7
-
Females%
41.9
43.1
42.9
43.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
21.2
21.3
22.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.1
21.5
20.4
19.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.2
25.4
24.2
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
21.1
22.2
22.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
10.8
11.8
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
8.3
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
9.8
9.6
9.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.4
3.3
3.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.3
9.2
9.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.9
1.2
1.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.3
11.8
12.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.1
11.4
11.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
7.8
8.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
29.8
29.5
28.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.0
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
542
522
524
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.5
13.0
15.6
-
-
Total income$m
17.1
14.2
16.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 240
24 901
29 817
-
-
Average total income$
31 544
27 281
30 708
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
624
636
588
579
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
159
165
174
159
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
171
174
180
177
Total businessesno.
-
954
975
942
915
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63
54
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
57
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
87
111
126
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
93
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
99
138
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year