National Regional Profile: Greater Dandenong City (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20575   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
6 322
5 768
5 740
4 464
4 237
Unemployment rate%
9.4
9.0
9.5
7.1
6.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 972
11 445
12 374
12 253
-
Taxable individualsno.
50 716
50 797
50 378
51 329
-
Taxable income$m
1 635.9
1 706.3
1 772.3
1 861.9
-
Average taxable income$
32 256
33 592
35 181
36 274
-
Net tax$m
341.4
365.0
378.5
397.1
-
Average net tax$
6 732
7 185
7 513
7 736
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.4
21.4
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
48 118
47 967
47 693
48 592
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 480.7
1 538.5
1 593.3
1 675.9
-
Total income $m
1 542.2
1 601.9
1 653.9
1 739.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 772
32 073
33 408
34 488
-
Average total income$
32 050
33 397
34 678
35 796
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.2
57.4
57.5
57.1
-
Females%
42.8
42.6
42.5
42.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
19.5
19.5
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.7
25.5
25.4
25.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.7
22.5
22.2
21.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
21.0
20.7
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.5
12.2
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.3
5.4
-
Professionals%
-
9.8
10.0
10.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
4.4
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.1
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.3
14.4
14.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.5
13.0
12.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.0
9.0
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.1
21.5
22.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
9.3
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 468
4 390
4 189
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
87.3
91.9
92.7
-
-
Total income$m
96.5
101.1
100.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
19 545
20 936
22 140
-
-
Average total income$
21 606
23 020
23 948
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 549
6 351
5 898
6 039
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 860
2 157
2 478
2 664
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 079
2 253
2 418
2 409
Total businessesno.
-
10 488
10 761
10 794
11 112
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 458
1 176
1 218
Employing businessesno.
-
-
561
615
621
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 019
1 791
1 839
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 596
1 590
1 095
Employing businessesno.
-
-
87
108
459
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 683
1 698
1 554
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year