National Regional Profile: Victoria   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA2   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
155 500
144 200
140 875
146 795
140 371
Unemployment rate%
6.4
5.8
5.6
5.6
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
474 303
498 915
522 390
520 575
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 132 330
2 183 981
2 223 572
2 281 280
-
Taxable income$m
87 260.6
92 304.9
98 597.4
105 689.2
-
Average taxable income$
40 923
42 265
44 342
46 329
-
Net tax$m
20 463.1
22 216.4
23 794.7
25 595.7
-
Average net tax$
9 597
10 172
10 701
11 220
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.5
24.1
24.1
24.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 893 823
1 935 908
1 968 244
2 010 134
-
Wage and salary income $m
67 977.7
72 012.8
76 278.1
81 194.8
-
Total income $m
72 013.3
76 004.1
80 432.1
85 637.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 894
37 198
38 754
40 393
-
Average total income$
38 025
39 260
40 865
42 603
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
53.0
52.9
52.9
-
Females%
46.9
47.0
47.1
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
18.2
18.1
18.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.3
25.8
25.4
25.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
24.3
24.1
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
21.0
21.1
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.7
11.2
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.3
10.1
10.2
-
Professionals%
-
19.2
19.3
19.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.4
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.1
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.9
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.6
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.6
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.8
9.8
9.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.8
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
228 974
218 062
210 119
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7 219.2
6 797.4
6 887.8
-
-
Total income$m
7 819.4
7 518.3
7 673.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 529
31 172
32 781
-
-
Average total income$
34 150
34 478
36 518
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
305 091
298 254
286 113
287 352
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96 495
108 228
122 859
127 698
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
63 741
70 035
75 723
75 786
Total businessesno.
-
465 327
476 517
484 695
490 836
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57 192
54 141
52 074
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21 261
25 365
24 144
Total business entriesno.
-
-
78 453
79 506
76 218
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63 978
65 619
51 165
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3 735
4 818
19 470
Total business exitsno.
-
-
67 713
70 437
70 635
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year