National Regional Profile: Lower Great Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 515   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 690
1 944
1 956
1 532
1 350
Unemployment rate%
5.9
6.9
7.3
5.5
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 089
6 894
7 024
7 151
-
Taxable individualsno.
20 886
21 614
22 291
22 823
-
Taxable income$m
660.2
739.2
806.8
853.0
-
Average taxable income$
31 611
34 201
36 194
37 377
-
Net tax$m
132.8
155.5
172.8
187.5
-
Average net tax$
6 358
7 194
7 751
8 218
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
21.0
21.4
22.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 685
16 028
16 602
17 279
-
Wage and salary income $m
432.8
463.7
505.6
555.9
-
Total income $m
454.8
485.7
531.7
585.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 594
28 933
30 457
32 171
-
Average total income$
28 997
30 300
32 026
33 867
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.0
52.8
52.7
52.7
-
Females%
47.0
47.2
47.3
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.4
21.0
21.0
21.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
20.6
20.0
19.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.1
24.1
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
23.1
23.4
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.2
11.5
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
7.1
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.0
15.7
15.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.2
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.8
12.8
12.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.9
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.2
15.3
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.4
6.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
9.7
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.7
17.6
17.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
7.4
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 490
5 660
5 360
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
164.7
211.7
197.4
-
-
Total income$m
177.1
214.9
211.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 994
37 408
36 829
-
-
Average total income$
32 254
37 960
39 383
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 203
4 101
3 939
4 005
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 230
1 335
1 491
1 473
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 071
1 173
1 230
1 248
Total businessesno.
-
6 504
6 609
6 660
6 726
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
531
612
585
Employing businessesno.
-
-
183
291
321
Total business entriesno.
-
-
714
903
906
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
711
672
507
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
51
303
Total business exitsno.
-
-
753
723
810
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year