National Regional Profile: Meander Valley (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA64210   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
632
726
647
425
400
Unemployment rate%
7.5
8.1
7.0
4.6
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 075
2 134
2 207
2 180
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 512
7 754
7 982
8 166
-
Taxable income$m
248.5
262.4
287.2
311.5
-
Average taxable income$
33 079
33 838
35 982
38 143
-
Net tax$m
52.5
57.0
63.0
69.2
-
Average net tax$
6 994
7 348
7 895
8 472
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.7
21.9
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 345
6 525
6 687
6 896
-
Wage and salary income $m
190.6
201.6
216.7
231.8
-
Total income $m
201.5
211.8
228.9
245.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 033
30 892
32 404
33 609
-
Average total income$
31 750
32 466
34 235
35 545
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.1
53.5
54.0
53.7
-
Females%
45.9
46.5
46.0
46.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
19.2
19.0
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.9
22.4
21.5
20.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.2
24.5
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.8
23.4
23.8
23.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.8
11.2
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.4
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
15.8
15.9
15.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.0
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.4
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.4
18.0
18.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.4
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.2
10.2
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.0
14.1
14.4
-
Not Stated%
-
8.5
7.8
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 284
1 251
1 209
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
39.2
35.5
35.0
-
-
Total income$m
40.7
38.7
39.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 561
28 370
28 969
-
-
Average total income$
31 661
30 901
32 391
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
933
969
915
948
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
255
279
327
330
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
222
225
243
237
Total businessesno.
-
1 410
1 473
1 485
1 515
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
135
132
153
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
66
75
Total business entriesno.
-
-
183
198
228
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
135
156
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
144
162
177
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year