National Regional Profile: South Australia   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 4   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
52 800
47 800
48 754
42 327
39 500
Unemployment rate%
7.1
6.3
6.4
5.5
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
149 829
152 672
158 634
160 100
-
Taxable individualsno.
649 021
667 176
679 156
693 045
-
Taxable income$m
24 642.2
26 252.9
27 971.7
29 844.1
-
Average taxable income$
37 968
39 349
41 186
43 062
-
Net tax$m
5 388.9
5 905.2
6 320.6
6 800.0
-
Average net tax$
8 303
8 851
9 307
9 812
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.5
22.6
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
556 656
570 267
582 626
595 363
-
Wage and salary income $m
18 332.5
19 483.3
20 790.8
22 127.4
-
Total income $m
19 363.1
20 518.5
21 946.6
23 358.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 933
34 165
35 685
37 166
-
Average total income$
34 785
35 981
37 669
39 235
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
53.0
52.8
52.6
-
Females%
46.9
47.0
47.2
47.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.1
19.3
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.0
23.5
22.9
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.3
23.9
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.2
22.3
22.4
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.8
11.5
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.6
8.6
8.5
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
17.4
17.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.4
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.9
9.9
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.2
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.7
17.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.4
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.7
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.4
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.2
9.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
83 431
80 973
76 163
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2 961.9
2 938.7
2 659.1
-
-
Total income$m
3 096.3
3 126.5
2 934.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 502
36 293
34 913
-
-
Average total income$
37 113
38 611
38 535
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
92 322
91 092
87 828
88 032
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
23 688
26 172
29 382
29 856
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
19 587
21 264
22 998
23 283
Total businessesno.
-
135 597
138 528
140 208
141 171
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15 324
14 190
14 520
Employing businessesno.
-
-
5 235
6 231
5 775
Total business entriesno.
-
-
20 559
20 421
20 295
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
16 593
17 349
14 106
Employing businessesno.
-
-
960
1 239
4 863
Total business exitsno.
-
-
17 553
18 588
18 969
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year