National Regional Profile: Merredin (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525155460   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
103
70
68
62
60
Unemployment rate%
4.7
3.2
3.2
2.9
2.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
408
374
364
391
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 572
1 585
1 646
1 605
-
Taxable income$m
54.6
59.5
66.6
67.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 755
37 526
40 465
42 295
-
Net tax$m
12.0
13.4
15.6
15.7
-
Average net tax$
7 633
8 431
9 468
9 800
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.5
23.4
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 285
1 248
1 286
1 312
-
Wage and salary income $m
37.3
39.3
44.0
46.5
-
Total income $m
39.0
41.2
45.7
48.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 060
31 453
34 221
35 459
-
Average total income$
30 326
32 979
35 561
37 300
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.9
56.4
57.0
55.0
-
Females%
44.1
43.6
43.0
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.3
21.0
22.5
22.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.5
23.5
22.8
21.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
26.0
24.7
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.3
18.5
18.9
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.6
11.0
11.1
11.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.1
5.8
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
13.4
12.0
12.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
5.8
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.0
14.1
13.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
1.7
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.7
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.8
10.2
9.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
10.4
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.2
19.2
19.6
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
7.0
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
360
364
348
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.2
14.8
17.5
-
-
Total income$m
12.9
15.3
18.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 616
40 703
50 191
-
-
Average total income$
35 859
42 094
52 297
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
237
210
201
204
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
90
105
105
99
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
69
87
84
72
Total businessesno.
-
396
402
390
375
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
18
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
3
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
48
21
69
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
45
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
33
48
45
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year