National Regional Profile: Whittlesea (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205407076   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 383
2 411
2 288
2 376
2 014
Unemployment rate%
7.8
7.7
7.3
7.3
6.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 859
5 161
5 395
5 140
-
Taxable individualsno.
25 754
25 650
25 285
23 142
-
Taxable income$m
858.1
887.2
910.5
827.4
-
Average taxable income$
33 320
34 588
36 012
35 752
-
Net tax$m
183.8
194.8
198.6
174.5
-
Average net tax$
7 136
7 593
7 856
7 541
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.0
21.8
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
24 940
24 834
24 472
22 171
-
Wage and salary income $m
794.8
820.1
847.1
768.9
-
Total income $m
828.9
855.4
876.0
795.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 866
33 021
34 613
34 680
-
Average total income$
33 237
34 444
35 794
35 887
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.8
54.6
56.0
-
Females%
45.3
45.2
45.4
44.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.2
20.3
20.3
20.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.4
26.3
25.6
26.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.5
24.3
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
20.2
20.4
19.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.8
8.7
9.4
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.5
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
10.7
11.0
8.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.2
4.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.1
12.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.6
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
17.9
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.2
10.2
11.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
11.3
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.6
15.1
19.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
8.1
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 979
1 925
1 823
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
38.8
39.5
39.4
-
-
Total income$m
42.0
43.2
42.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
19 580
20 529
21 604
-
-
Average total income$
21 196
22 457
23 534
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 565
2 616
2 469
2 613
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
837
966
1 098
1 155
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
693
759
798
795
Total businessesno.
-
4 095
4 341
4 365
4 563
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
627
588
540
Employing businessesno.
-
-
228
249
237
Total business entriesno.
-
-
855
837
777
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
675
639
501
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
48
174
Total business exitsno.
-
-
702
687
675
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year