National Regional Profile: Perth (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA57080   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
738
865
1 018
1 087
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 665
4 024
4 711
5 444
-
Taxable income$m
176.2
204.7
256.0
323.7
-
Average taxable income$
48 065
50 865
54 334
59 457
-
Net tax$m
50.6
59.7
75.6
97.9
-
Average net tax$
13 794
14 844
16 055
17 988
-
Average net tax ratio%
28.7
29.2
29.5
30.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 201
3 502
4 183
4 832
-
Wage and salary income $m
131.3
152.1
186.9
224.9
-
Total income $m
138.6
166.9
198.0
244.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
41 032
43 425
44 678
46 541
-
Average total income$
43 305
47 663
47 337
50 491
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
55.8
56.6
56.8
-
Females%
43.1
44.2
43.4
43.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.6
19.8
20.2
21.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
36.0
36.8
36.8
35.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
18.1
17.7
17.1
17.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.6
15.9
15.5
14.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.8
10.3
10.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.4
11.4
10.7
-
Professionals%
-
32.3
32.0
30.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.4
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.0
4.3
4.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.6
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.3
15.3
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.3
2.5
2.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.2
6.9
6.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.7
6.9
7.6
-
Not Stated%
-
11.6
10.8
10.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
330
347
348
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.6
20.3
24.4
-
-
Total income$m
20.9
23.1
27.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
56 440
58 459
70 241
-
-
Average total income$
63 208
66 431
79 497
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 438
6 291
5 805
5 778
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 235
2 421
2 703
2 790
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 172
2 418
2 568
2 553
Total businessesno.
-
10 845
11 130
11 076
11 121
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 101
954
1 011
Employing businessesno.
-
-
537
666
600
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 638
1 620
1 611
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 269
1 335
1 014
Employing businessesno.
-
-
105
141
519
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 374
1 476
1 533
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year