National Regional Profile: Southern Mallee (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA47290   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
34
30
23
20
29
Unemployment rate%
2.5
2.4
1.8
1.6
2.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
257
337
359
440
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 124
1 074
1 084
954
-
Taxable income$m
43.6
37.3
37.3
32.5
-
Average taxable income$
38 765
34 738
34 433
34 115
-
Net tax$m
9.0
7.8
7.8
6.8
-
Average net tax$
8 043
7 285
7 201
7 145
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.0
20.9
20.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
660
719
752
730
-
Wage and salary income $m
17.4
19.2
20.5
20.7
-
Total income $m
18.6
19.7
21.5
21.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 361
26 668
27 322
28 308
-
Average total income$
28 151
27 368
28 604
29 515
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.4
53.6
54.2
52.3
-
Females%
43.6
46.4
45.8
47.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
25.0
22.9
24.4
23.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.9
23.3
21.6
21.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.1
22.7
21.4
20.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.7
19.1
19.2
20.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
12.0
13.4
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.6
9.7
8.9
-
Professionals%
-
14.1
12.9
13.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
2.2
2.1
2.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.1
9.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.7
0.8
0.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
14.9
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.2
5.3
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.6
7.5
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
25.7
28.5
30.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
7.2
6.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
555
418
425
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
27.9
15.5
14.2
-
-
Total income$m
26.6
16.2
15.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
50 315
37 001
33 526
-
-
Average total income$
47 972
38 709
36 940
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
276
267
252
246
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
102
111
123
99
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
75
75
90
93
Total businessesno.
-
453
453
465
438
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
21
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
33
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
63
54
39
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
36
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
54
36
48
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year