National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA44550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
410
351
424
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
3.2
2.8
3.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 556
2 698
2 842
2 890
-
Taxable individualsno.
10 983
11 532
11 978
12 373
-
Taxable income$m
384.3
420.8
461.4
498.2
-
Average taxable income$
34 991
36 488
38 517
40 263
-
Net tax$m
86.6
97.1
106.9
115.7
-
Average net tax$
7 886
8 419
8 922
9 353
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
23.1
23.2
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 489
9 935
10 242
10 652
-
Wage and salary income $m
302.9
327.9
358.7
388.6
-
Total income $m
319.7
343.8
376.4
407.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 923
33 004
35 021
36 482
-
Average total income$
33 692
34 608
36 749
38 289
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.4
52.0
51.7
51.6
-
Females%
47.6
48.0
48.3
48.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
18.5
18.7
18.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
22.5
21.7
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.7
25.4
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.4
23.3
23.1
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.0
11.1
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.3
9.1
9.4
-
Professionals%
-
17.9
18.3
17.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.1
7.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.0
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.6
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.0
17.5
17.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.1
6.0
5.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.0
9.3
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.0
10.8
10.8
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
9.3
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 634
1 624
1 558
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
42.5
46.8
46.3
-
-
Total income$m
47.5
51.6
50.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 028
28 790
29 748
-
-
Average total income$
29 059
31 773
32 572
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 704
1 701
1 638
1 626
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
441
489
513
528
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
231
252
288
285
Total businessesno.
-
2 376
2 442
2 439
2 439
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
324
303
315
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
120
102
Total business entriesno.
-
-
402
423
417
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
363
309
306
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
24
63
Total business exitsno.
-
-
396
333
369
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year