National Regional Profile: Far West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 160   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 021
1 119
1 010
959
892
Unemployment rate%
9.8
11.1
10.0
9.2
8.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 409
2 593
2 596
2 476
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 372
7 221
7 342
7 531
-
Taxable income$m
269.8
260.3
283.5
300.6
-
Average taxable income$
36 593
36 046
38 613
39 913
-
Net tax$m
59.6
57.5
64.0
67.6
-
Average net tax$
8 082
7 969
8 719
8 972
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.1
22.6
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 935
6 833
6 906
7 002
-
Wage and salary income $m
226.3
227.2
244.5
257.8
-
Total income $m
247.2
237.2
257.1
271.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 636
33 248
35 400
36 823
-
Average total income$
35 640
34 717
37 231
38 725
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
53.8
54.1
53.9
-
Females%
44.8
46.2
45.9
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
17.3
17.0
18.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.7
20.3
20.7
19.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.5
27.5
26.2
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
23.8
24.9
25.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.0
11.3
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
7.3
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.7
15.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
6.0
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.1
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
17.1
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.7
9.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.1
12.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.0
12.8
13.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.3
6.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
957
688
668
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
34.0
17.1
20.4
-
-
Total income$m
26.4
18.9
22.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 551
24 923
30 569
-
-
Average total income$
27 556
27 443
33 075
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
774
750
693
654
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
285
303
345
339
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
237
252
282
294
Total businessesno.
-
1 296
1 305
1 320
1 287
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
117
120
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
48
99
Total business entriesno.
-
-
198
165
219
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
156
141
102
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
18
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
159
159
147
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year