National Regional Profile: Coolgardie (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA51960   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
142
92
76
63
75
Unemployment rate%
4.2
3.5
3.2
2.7
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
306
353
357
328
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 636
1 772
1 771
1 663
-
Taxable income$m
81.1
93.1
105.7
110.2
-
Average taxable income$
49 566
52 524
59 709
66 259
-
Net tax$m
22.0
26.2
31.5
33.7
-
Average net tax$
13 466
14 763
17 759
20 279
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.2
28.1
29.7
30.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 715
1 847
1 829
1 722
-
Wage and salary income $m
80.3
90.4
94.2
94.7
-
Total income $m
81.0
92.1
96.1
96.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
46 820
48 964
51 508
54 988
-
Average total income$
47 204
49 850
52 555
55 931
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
64.7
64.7
65.2
64.5
-
Females%
35.3
35.3
34.8
35.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
13.8
14.9
16.6
16.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
31.8
30.2
27.5
26.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.9
28.7
29.7
29.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.6
18.0
17.1
17.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.9
8.2
9.1
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
3.1
3.2
3.5
-
Professionals%
-
8.3
7.1
6.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.3
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
19.4
19.6
19.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.1
1.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.0
10.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
25.6
27.7
28.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
5.4
5.5
5.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.4
13.1
12.6
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
5.4
5.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
73
79
62
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.8
2.1
1.7
-
-
Total income$m
2.0
2.4
1.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 616
26 655
27 578
-
-
Average total income$
27 179
30 504
30 228
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
69
63
69
63
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
15
15
24
30
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
18
18
21
24
Total businessesno.
-
102
96
114
117
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
24
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
18
33
15
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
27
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
27
30
36
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year