National Regional Profile: Western Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
18 933
16 216
17 765
16 055
14 865
Unemployment rate%
8.8
7.7
8.1
7.0
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
35 269
36 436
38 707
38 973
-
Taxable individualsno.
181 399
184 285
184 121
187 475
-
Taxable income$m
6 790.7
7 191.2
7 527.2
8 008.1
-
Average taxable income$
37 435
39 022
40 882
42 715
-
Net tax$m
1 588.0
1 723.5
1 803.7
1 925.5
-
Average net tax$
8 754
9 352
9 796
10 271
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.4
24.0
24.0
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
170 394
171 767
171 674
174 456
-
Wage and salary income $m
6 060.4
6 424.2
6 699.7
7 111.5
-
Total income $m
6 366.5
6 706.2
6 986.2
7 391.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 567
37 401
39 026
40 764
-
Average total income$
37 364
39 042
40 695
42 368
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
54.1
54.1
54.2
-
Females%
46.0
45.9
45.9
45.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.2
17.6
17.4
17.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.7
29.1
28.7
28.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
25.0
24.8
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.2
19.5
19.8
19.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.2
8.8
9.3
9.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.9
8.7
9.0
-
Professionals%
-
17.0
17.3
17.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.1
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.8
9.5
9.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.9
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
16.9
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.6
8.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.3
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.7
11.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.7
8.9
8.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
13 785
13 695
12 844
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
337.5
353.4
348.0
-
-
Total income$m
380.7
391.2
381.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 481
25 805
27 091
-
-
Average total income$
27 618
28 562
29 735
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
19 344
19 275
18 372
18 738
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
5 967
6 960
8 100
8 448
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 648
4 065
4 386
4 398
Total businessesno.
-
28 959
30 300
30 858
31 584
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 377
4 080
4 083
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 533
1 764
1 749
Total business entriesno.
-
-
5 910
5 844
5 832
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 641
4 830
3 762
Employing businessesno.
-
-
189
255
1 461
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 830
5 085
5 223
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year