National Regional Profile: Wangaratta (RC) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245106701   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
581
544
471
538
634
Unemployment rate%
6.9
6.6
5.7
6.4
7.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 908
2 012
2 046
2 007
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 032
7 194
7 236
7 427
-
Taxable income$m
227.7
244.6
258.7
275.8
-
Average taxable income$
32 378
34 006
35 748
37 130
-
Net tax$m
47.3
53.2
56.1
60.1
-
Average net tax$
6 732
7 394
7 756
8 086
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.7
21.7
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 462
6 545
6 544
6 700
-
Wage and salary income $m
188.4
198.2
206.3
219.1
-
Total income $m
201.1
210.0
219.9
233.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 156
30 284
31 524
32 696
-
Average total income$
31 119
32 079
33 610
34 798
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.5
53.2
53.0
53.0
-
Females%
46.5
46.8
47.0
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.4
20.5
20.0
20.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.0
23.5
22.7
22.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.6
22.6
22.9
22.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
21.9
22.5
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.3
11.4
11.8
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.2
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
15.6
15.9
15.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
7.5
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.6
13.0
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.2
14.0
14.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
7.2
7.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.5
11.7
12.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.9
15.4
15.1
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
7.0
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
615
607
584
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.0
15.7
17.2
-
-
Total income$m
16.2
17.6
19.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 695
25 831
29 376
-
-
Average total income$
26 359
29 033
32 611
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
867
843
798
846
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
336
360
390
411
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
276
300
327
351
Total businessesno.
-
1 479
1 503
1 515
1 608
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
126
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
60
63
Total business entriesno.
-
-
192
186
198
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
156
147
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
15
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
180
162
138
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year