National Regional Profile: Murrumbidgee (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 150   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
3 508
3 808
4 981
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
4.3
4.8
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
15 191
15 950
16 723
17 235
-
Taxable individualsno.
63 721
63 910
64 627
65 129
-
Taxable income$m
2 260.2
2 331.3
2 457.8
2 573.6
-
Average taxable income$
35 471
36 478
38 030
39 516
-
Net tax$m
498.8
528.2
555.2
581.1
-
Average net tax$
7 827
8 265
8 591
8 923
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.6
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
53 751
54 159
54 567
55 547
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 680.8
1 753.9
1 855.3
1 956.9
-
Total income $m
1 768.1
1 837.5
1 947.6
2 056.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 271
32 384
34 000
35 230
-
Average total income$
32 894
33 927
35 693
37 022
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
54.4
54.1
53.9
-
Females%
45.0
45.6
45.9
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
21.4
21.4
21.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
23.4
22.7
22.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.1
23.7
23.4
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.0
20.7
21.1
21.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
10.7
11.4
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.9
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
14.8
15.1
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.6
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.6
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.3
15.5
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
7.2
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.8
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.1
16.2
16.6
-
Not Stated%
-
10.7
10.0
9.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
12 863
11 678
10 698
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
479.4
417.1
359.0
-
-
Total income$m
483.1
431.7
397.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 269
35 716
33 561
-
-
Average total income$
37 554
36 967
37 196
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 240
8 919
8 370
8 415
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 943
3 213
3 570
3 576
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 724
2 928
3 174
3 198
Total businessesno.
-
14 907
15 060
15 114
15 189
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 359
1 299
1 257
Employing businessesno.
-
-
645
807
768
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 004
2 106
2 025
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 644
1 710
1 158
Employing businessesno.
-
-
141
195
663
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 785
1 905
1 821
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year