National Regional Profile: Driver (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 705102804   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
97
62
56
60
59
Unemployment rate%
5.9
3.5
3.2
3.4
3.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
193
n.p.
224
340
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 402
1 395
1 377
900
-
Taxable income$m
52.1
53.3
56.4
37.6
-
Average taxable income$
37 174
38 199
40 994
41 781
-
Net tax$m
10.9
11.4
12.4
7.5
-
Average net tax$
7 805
8 159
8 972
8 299
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.4
21.9
19.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 392
1 383
1 368
1 359
-
Wage and salary income $m
50.3
51.0
54.2
57.8
-
Total income $m
51.5
52.2
55.3
59.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 155
36 856
39 608
42 515
-
Average total income$
36 995
37 734
40 435
43 686
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.5
58.0
56.7
56.7
-
Females%
41.5
42.0
43.3
43.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
24.0
23.9
22.8
22.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
32.2
31.1
30.4
28.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.6
25.9
26.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
13.5
14.4
15.4
16.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
4.6
5.1
5.6
5.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
6.0
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
9.7
9.9
9.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.9
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.9
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.8
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.3
18.1
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
7.0
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.8
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.7
6.8
7.3
-
Not Stated%
-
24.9
21.9
19.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
104
96
91
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.8
2.7
2.7
-
-
Total income$m
3.0
2.9
2.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 631
28 252
29 377
-
-
Average total income$
28 444
29 875
31 478
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
87
75
66
87
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
18
21
24
18
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6
9
9
9
Total businessesno.
-
111
105
99
114
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
12
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
12
33
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
27
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
18
27
15
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year