National Regional Profile: Virginia (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071593   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
89
69
65
56
61
Unemployment rate%
7.9
6.5
6.3
5.3
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
180
173
180
184
-
Taxable individualsno.
828
779
818
845
-
Taxable income$m
29.1
28.7
31.5
33.6
-
Average taxable income$
35 103
36 908
38 487
39 766
-
Net tax$m
6.3
6.5
7.1
7.5
-
Average net tax$
7 646
8 345
8 684
8 889
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.6
22.6
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
763
719
756
772
-
Wage and salary income $m
25.4
24.7
27.2
29.2
-
Total income $m
26.5
25.8
28.5
30.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 299
34 416
36 034
37 798
-
Average total income$
34 731
35 884
37 641
39 206
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
53.8
53.4
53.9
-
Females%
47.3
46.2
46.6
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.6
17.5
18.4
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
25.5
25.5
26.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
24.6
23.5
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
21.4
21.4
20.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
11.0
11.1
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
6.2
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.9
13.0
13.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.6
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.9
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.6
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
21.8
21.9
20.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
7.8
8.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.0
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.2
10.8
10.9
-
Not Stated%
-
10.5
10.1
9.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
71
64
62
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.8
1.8
1.8
-
-
Total income$m
2.1
2.0
2.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 933
27 942
29 599
-
-
Average total income$
29 010
30 660
32 324
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
273
255
252
261
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
48
57
69
57
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
159
159
162
150
Total businessesno.
-
480
471
483
468
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
39
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
42
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
81
81
45
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
51
54
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
51
57
54
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year