National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206175   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
178
180
194
214
162
Unemployment rate%
5.1
4.7
4.7
5.0
4.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
984
1 114
1 186
1 102
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 523
3 571
3 593
3 717
-
Taxable income$m
114.8
116.9
122.0
134.0
-
Average taxable income$
32 575
32 744
33 957
36 056
-
Net tax$m
23.0
24.3
25.5
28.2
-
Average net tax$
6 539
6 803
7 088
7 575
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.8
20.9
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 599
2 699
2 795
2 792
-
Wage and salary income $m
77.3
82.9
88.6
93.1
-
Total income $m
80.8
87.3
93.2
97.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 725
30 727
31 686
33 360
-
Average total income$
31 080
32 340
33 354
34 856
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
53.3
52.7
52.3
-
Females%
46.1
46.7
47.3
47.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.8
19.0
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.7
20.6
19.8
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.4
24.1
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.9
24.4
24.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.3
12.7
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.9
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.4
13.7
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
5.2
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.1
14.3
14.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.9
3.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.3
15.6
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.3
10.7
10.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
9.4
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.5
12.6
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.9
6.5
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 142
1 040
958
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
35.7
24.6
23.7
-
-
Total income$m
36.8
27.5
26.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 294
23 643
24 731
-
-
Average total income$
32 236
26 459
27 782
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
792
771
735
735
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
174
174
198
195
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
72
75
96
99
Total businessesno.
-
1 038
1 020
1 029
1 029
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
93
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
30
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
108
123
129
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
87
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
117
93
114
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year