National Regional Profile: Melba (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805105949   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
109
97
89
91
81
Unemployment rate%
5.0
4.7
4.4
4.4
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
285
291
294
285
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 786
1 811
1 843
1 862
-
Taxable income$m
70.7
73.9
78.5
84.8
-
Average taxable income$
39 569
40 813
42 605
45 553
-
Net tax$m
16.7
17.8
18.8
20.5
-
Average net tax$
9 334
9 804
10 187
11 023
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.0
23.9
24.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 644
1 649
1 674
1 684
-
Wage and salary income $m
60.7
63.4
67.4
72.6
-
Total income $m
64.2
66.7
70.6
76.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 903
38 441
40 240
43 096
-
Average total income$
39 029
40 432
42 175
45 387
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
49.9
49.7
49.4
-
Females%
49.9
50.1
50.3
50.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.9
20.4
20.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
26.3
26.4
27.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
22.0
21.1
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.0
11.9
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.3
5.1
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
17.9
18.5
18.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.4
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.2
7.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.2
19.6
19.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.8
3.0
3.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.3
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.5
4.3
4.1
-
Not Stated%
-
24.3
23.5
22.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
126
125
116
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.6
3.8
3.7
-
-
Total income$m
3.9
4.1
4.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 219
30 469
31 957
-
-
Average total income$
31 003
33 112
34 719
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
105
111
96
90
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
36
36
48
51
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
21
21
24
27
Total businessesno.
-
162
168
168
168
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
18
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
27
27
12
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
36
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
15
36
39
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year