National Regional Profile: Barwon (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
6 574
8 181
8 117
9 332
8 376
Unemployment rate%
5.4
6.5
6.7
7.3
6.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
27 561
28 660
29 758
29 788
-
Taxable individualsno.
106 953
110 349
112 712
115 990
-
Taxable income$m
3 880.4
4 173.6
4 478.0
4 829.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 282
37 822
39 730
41 640
-
Net tax$m
879.6
978.3
1 050.3
1 134.4
-
Average net tax$
8 224
8 866
9 319
9 780
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.4
23.5
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
93 977
96 808
98 520
100 805
-
Wage and salary income $m
3 137.9
3 366.9
3 583.4
3 824.2
-
Total income $m
3 309.1
3 537.7
3 759.4
4 018.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 390
34 779
36 372
37 937
-
Average total income$
35 212
36 544
38 159
39 864
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.1
53.9
53.8
53.6
-
Females%
45.9
46.1
46.2
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.2
19.1
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.0
23.5
22.9
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.2
23.8
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
22.9
23.0
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.2
11.1
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
8.0
8.0
-
Professionals%
-
17.7
17.8
17.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.3
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.4
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.7
15.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.5
7.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.2
10.5
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.6
10.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
8.9
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
12 024
11 659
11 105
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
347.7
338.5
331.8
-
-
Total income$m
378.1
371.9
373.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 918
29 032
29 874
-
-
Average total income$
31 442
31 895
33 635
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
13 218
12 723
12 075
12 255
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 966
4 470
5 100
5 283
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 829
3 141
3 441
3 417
Total businessesno.
-
20 013
20 334
20 616
20 955
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 373
2 253
2 133
Employing businessesno.
-
-
981
1 125
999
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3 354
3 378
3 132
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 823
2 886
2 148
Employing businessesno.
-
-
129
204
780
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 952
3 090
2 928
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year