National Regional Profile: South Wimmera (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 100
868
1 027
1 212
1 301
Unemployment rate%
5.9
4.7
5.5
6.4
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 310
4 534
4 651
4 774
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 848
15 585
16 072
16 180
-
Taxable income$m
551.8
530.0
571.2
588.0
-
Average taxable income$
34 816
34 006
35 538
36 339
-
Net tax$m
114.4
113.2
121.0
124.9
-
Average net tax$
7 216
7 264
7 528
7 720
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.4
21.2
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
12 231
12 482
12 694
13 005
-
Wage and salary income $m
353.5
372.7
394.7
417.4
-
Total income $m
376.4
395.2
420.3
443.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 899
29 860
31 094
32 094
-
Average total income$
30 773
31 658
33 113
34 116
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
53.8
54.1
53.6
-
Females%
45.3
46.2
45.9
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.7
18.8
18.9
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
21.8
21.3
20.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
25.1
24.3
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.7
23.2
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.6
12.4
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.8
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
18.0
17.9
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.1
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.3
12.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.0
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.9
6.8
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
10.3
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.8
15.1
15.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.9
7.0
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 076
3 379
3 422
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
183.4
114.1
114.8
-
-
Total income$m
178.3
124.8
128.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
44 991
33 753
33 551
-
-
Average total income$
43 749
36 944
37 602
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 118
2 043
1 983
1 995
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
810
870
942
996
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
762
822
870
867
Total businessesno.
-
3 690
3 735
3 795
3 858
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
309
303
240
Employing businessesno.
-
-
150
162
174
Total business entriesno.
-
-
459
465
414
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
375
396
237
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
51
186
Total business exitsno.
-
-
414
447
423
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year