National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410154551   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
282
243
293
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
3.5
3.0
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 696
1 823
1 941
1 986
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 432
7 890
8 311
8 639
-
Taxable income$m
258.3
287.1
317.9
347.5
-
Average taxable income$
34 757
36 388
38 249
40 223
-
Net tax$m
57.8
66.0
73.0
80.5
-
Average net tax$
7 776
8 371
8 789
9 317
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.0
23.0
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 462
6 843
7 122
7 481
-
Wage and salary income $m
205.5
226.1
250.2
272.8
-
Total income $m
217.2
237.3
262.8
286.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 794
33 041
35 133
36 466
-
Average total income$
33 619
34 676
36 899
38 320
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.2
51.9
51.9
51.5
-
Females%
47.8
48.1
48.1
48.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
19.1
19.1
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
23.3
22.7
22.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.7
24.5
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.3
22.8
22.6
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.1
11.1
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.4
9.3
9.7
-
Professionals%
-
17.3
17.8
17.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.1
7.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.2
10.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.7
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.2
17.5
17.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
6.0
5.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.6
10.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
9.2
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 034
1 047
1 013
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
27.1
31.1
30.4
-
-
Total income$m
29.9
34.1
33.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 178
29 688
30 037
-
-
Average total income$
28 957
32 585
32 841
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 071
1 086
1 071
1 047
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
273
306
321
345
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
186
192
228
228
Total businessesno.
-
1 530
1 584
1 620
1 620
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
234
201
207
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
84
84
Total business entriesno.
-
-
297
285
291
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
243
222
186
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
15
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
273
237
228
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year