National Regional Profile: West Coast (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA65610   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
224
257
210
178
225
Unemployment rate%
7.7
9.7
8.0
6.5
7.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
562
551
599
547
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 999
1 959
1 959
2 118
-
Taxable income$m
80.3
78.9
77.0
89.4
-
Average taxable income$
40 149
40 256
39 307
42 227
-
Net tax$m
19.5
19.2
17.7
21.0
-
Average net tax$
9 767
9 776
9 059
9 918
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.3
24.3
23.0
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 973
1 904
1 895
2 059
-
Wage and salary income $m
75.4
72.6
70.3
82.4
-
Total income $m
77.9
75.5
73.3
85.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 205
38 123
37 089
39 996
-
Average total income$
39 459
39 664
38 692
41 444
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
61.7
60.8
59.2
60.2
-
Females%
38.3
39.2
40.8
39.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.6
18.7
18.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.1
23.9
22.2
22.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.0
26.6
26.6
26.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.3
21.0
21.3
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
10.9
11.1
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.4
4.7
4.5
-
Professionals%
-
9.2
10.1
10.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
5.6
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.3
15.1
15.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.9
1.4
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.8
14.5
12.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
20.7
19.1
19.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
7.9
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.6
16.7
16.7
-
Not Stated%
-
5.5
4.9
4.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
159
151
145
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.7
3.6
3.5
-
-
Total income$m
4.1
4.0
4.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 522
24 037
24 399
-
-
Average total income$
25 800
26 433
28 338
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
132
102
120
105
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
66
66
78
81
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
45
48
48
Total businessesno.
-
243
213
246
234
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
24
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
27
39
36
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
33
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year