National Regional Profile: Weddin (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA18100   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
76
73
70
74
70
Unemployment rate%
4.5
4.2
3.9
4.1
3.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
481
494
560
563
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 420
1 300
1 363
1 365
-
Taxable income$m
47.5
42.9
43.3
47.2
-
Average taxable income$
33 422
32 966
31 732
34 592
-
Net tax$m
9.4
8.8
8.6
9.7
-
Average net tax$
6 630
6 779
6 316
7 071
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.8
20.6
19.9
20.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
924
933
944
931
-
Wage and salary income $m
25.1
26.5
27.2
28.3
-
Total income $m
26.5
27.7
28.2
29.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 118
28 410
28 861
30 428
-
Average total income$
28 714
29 739
29 876
32 067
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
52.8
52.4
51.6
-
Females%
45.6
47.2
47.6
48.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
20.5
19.1
18.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.7
19.9
19.6
19.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.2
22.9
23.1
21.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
22.0
23.8
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.4
14.7
14.4
15.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
6.9
5.9
-
Professionals%
-
19.5
18.8
19.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.2
4.0
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.6
12.5
11.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
2.3
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.9
14.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
5.9
5.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.3
7.8
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.2
19.0
20.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
8.8
7.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
671
558
437
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
29.4
20.4
10.6
-
-
Total income$m
25.7
20.0
13.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
43 766
36 472
24 300
-
-
Average total income$
38 312
35 796
30 304
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
282
261
246
258
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
165
165
171
183
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
150
156
162
150
Total businessesno.
-
597
582
579
591
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
48
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
60
66
45
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
42
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
48
72
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year