National Regional Profile: Bridgetown-Greenbushes (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA50840   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
119
129
123
113
101
Unemployment rate%
5.1
5.7
5.7
5.0
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
600
595
593
642
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 744
1 770
1 825
1 860
-
Taxable income$m
59.3
61.6
66.9
71.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 014
34 776
36 641
38 475
-
Net tax$m
12.9
13.4
14.7
16.0
-
Average net tax$
7 389
7 554
8 045
8 598
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
21.7
22.0
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 422
1 406
1 427
1 510
-
Wage and salary income $m
45.2
46.1
48.4
54.1
-
Total income $m
47.6
48.2
51.2
56.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 811
32 797
33 937
35 831
-
Average total income$
33 481
34 250
35 857
37 606
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.0
56.2
54.9
55.2
-
Females%
44.0
43.8
45.1
44.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.1
15.3
15.3
16.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.4
17.1
16.5
17.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.2
27.6
26.2
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.8
26.2
27.0
26.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
13.8
14.9
15.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.3
5.3
5.1
-
Professionals%
-
14.9
15.2
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
7.3
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
12.0
12.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
1.8
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.0
12.9
13.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.2
12.1
11.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
8.7
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.1
17.2
18.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.4
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
411
408
396
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.4
11.0
10.0
-
-
Total income$m
11.2
12.0
11.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 282
26 911
25 257
-
-
Average total income$
27 186
29 529
28 745
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
324
321
303
309
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
78
72
87
78
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
69
69
72
78
Total businessesno.
-
471
462
462
465
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
48
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
51
63
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
54
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
57
60
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year