National Regional Profile: Murray Bridge (RC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA45040   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
752
600
529
480
536
Unemployment rate%
9.1
7.5
6.6
6.0
6.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 896
1 908
2 018
2 058
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 537
6 661
6 953
7 142
-
Taxable income$m
198.6
208.6
229.9
242.9
-
Average taxable income$
30 377
31 319
33 063
34 006
-
Net tax$m
39.0
42.1
46.8
49.4
-
Average net tax$
5 968
6 313
6 725
6 915
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.6
20.2
20.3
20.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 528
5 589
5 870
6 132
-
Wage and salary income $m
152.2
160.2
178.7
190.6
-
Total income $m
160.7
168.0
187.7
201.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 533
28 669
30 440
31 086
-
Average total income$
29 072
30 052
31 969
32 779
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
54.5
54.3
53.9
-
Females%
44.7
45.5
45.7
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.8
21.1
21.0
21.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
20.7
20.2
19.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.5
24.6
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.1
21.6
21.9
22.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
12.0
12.1
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.8
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
9.4
9.4
9.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.0
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.5
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
14.7
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.7
8.0
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.4
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.2
23.9
23.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.7
8.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 217
1 145
1 064
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
34.7
31.4
31.1
-
-
Total income$m
36.6
34.2
33.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 478
27 425
29 212
-
-
Average total income$
30 093
29 880
31 080
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
915
939
915
909
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
222
255
288
282
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
213
231
234
243
Total businessesno.
-
1 350
1 425
1 437
1 434
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
126
123
126
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
66
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
186
189
183
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
144
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
27
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
171
180
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year