National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210151755   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
95
116
109
114
96
Unemployment rate%
5.5
6.6
6.4
6.4
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
485
510
536
524
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 503
1 497
1 499
1 570
-
Taxable income$m
48.7
47.5
50.6
57.3
-
Average taxable income$
32 374
31 715
33 748
36 516
-
Net tax$m
10.0
9.8
10.5
12.3
-
Average net tax$
6 647
6 530
6 993
7 827
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
20.6
20.7
21.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 110
1 118
1 106
1 172
-
Wage and salary income $m
30.6
31.1
32.4
35.7
-
Total income $m
32.6
33.4
34.5
38.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 573
27 819
29 307
30 490
-
Average total income$
29 327
29 846
31 182
32 984
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.2
52.5
53.9
52.7
-
Females%
46.8
47.5
46.1
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.0
17.4
18.4
18.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.6
19.2
17.4
16.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
25.9
26.4
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.5
26.5
26.4
27.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.0
11.5
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.6
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.2
18.2
17.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.0
9.3
7.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.9
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.0
0.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
14.3
13.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.9
6.3
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.9
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.6
16.7
17.3
-
Not Stated%
-
7.0
6.8
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
439
394
382
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.6
10.7
10.9
-
-
Total income$m
15.1
11.8
12.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 341
27 155
28 429
-
-
Average total income$
34 371
29 942
31 336
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
339
348
324
354
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
72
84
96
108
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
75
78
81
84
Total businessesno.
-
486
510
501
546
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
57
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
45
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
57
102
72
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
54
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
54
60
96
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year