National Regional Profile: Bega Valley (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 335
1 065
827
895
804
Unemployment rate%
9.8
7.4
5.8
6.4
5.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 966
4 095
4 186
4 329
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 832
12 316
12 856
12 983
-
Taxable income$m
388.5
413.8
462.2
477.7
-
Average taxable income$
32 831
33 594
35 952
36 792
-
Net tax$m
81.6
88.3
99.6
101.1
-
Average net tax$
6 893
7 166
7 745
7 785
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.3
21.5
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 179
9 641
9 864
10 016
-
Wage and salary income $m
264.5
286.5
307.1
321.6
-
Total income $m
284.3
307.4
333.7
346.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 812
29 712
31 134
32 113
-
Average total income$
30 968
31 881
33 829
34 540
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.6
52.6
51.9
51.7
-
Females%
47.4
47.4
48.1
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.8
17.3
17.7
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.1
17.0
16.3
15.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
25.3
24.9
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.9
26.7
26.8
27.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.0
13.8
14.3
15.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.3
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.6
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.5
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.5
10.0
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
16.5
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.2
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
10.9
11.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.7
12.9
12.7
-
Not Stated%
-
12.0
10.5
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 334
2 180
2 175
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
64.6
56.6
62.9
-
-
Total income$m
70.6
64.1
73.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 694
25 971
28 926
-
-
Average total income$
30 255
29 426
33 700
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 851
1 749
1 626
1 587
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
639
717
768
813
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
444
480
513
504
Total businessesno.
-
2 934
2 946
2 907
2 904
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
252
210
228
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
156
141
Total business entriesno.
-
-
360
366
369
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
369
351
207
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
24
135
Total business exitsno.
-
-
405
375
342
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year