National Regional Profile: Wattle Range (DC) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 425108344   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
280
225
190
176
217
Unemployment rate%
5.9
4.9
4.1
3.8
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
967
972
1 078
1 050
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 687
3 848
3 844
3 821
-
Taxable income$m
137.0
149.9
155.6
156.2
-
Average taxable income$
37 165
38 960
40 469
40 875
-
Net tax$m
30.8
34.8
36.3
36.2
-
Average net tax$
8 363
9 052
9 439
9 461
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
23.2
23.3
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 032
3 170
3 266
3 211
-
Wage and salary income $m
98.3
104.5
111.6
111.8
-
Total income $m
102.7
109.6
118.7
117.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 410
32 978
34 157
34 831
-
Average total income$
33 876
34 587
36 351
36 510
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.7
58.2
56.7
56.6
-
Females%
42.3
41.8
43.3
43.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
20.3
20.3
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
19.7
19.0
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
25.6
24.7
25.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
24.0
24.3
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.4
11.6
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.5
4.2
4.6
-
Professionals%
-
9.2
9.5
9.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.6
4.0
4.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.5
13.3
13.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.2
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
13.3
13.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.2
11.1
10.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.5
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
28.2
27.9
28.5
-
Not Stated%
-
6.3
6.0
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
830
797
726
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
34.5
36.0
29.2
-
-
Total income$m
35.6
36.7
31.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 594
45 185
40 246
-
-
Average total income$
42 878
46 051
43 676
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
498
468
432
432
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
204
210
222
213
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
150
180
186
171
Total businessesno.
-
852
858
840
816
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
63
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
45
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
90
108
93
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
63
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
93
69
99
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year