National Regional Profile: Murray-Darling (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 15520   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
428
475
381
389
466
Unemployment rate%
8.2
9.1
7.3
7.6
9.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 296
1 344
1 417
1 412
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 965
3 912
3 888
3 987
-
Taxable income$m
125.5
128.6
131.9
141.6
-
Average taxable income$
31 650
32 874
33 914
35 508
-
Net tax$m
25.4
27.4
27.7
29.6
-
Average net tax$
6 407
7 013
7 114
7 428
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
21.3
21.0
20.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 273
3 227
3 279
3 425
-
Wage and salary income $m
88.7
91.7
98.0
107.5
-
Total income $m
92.4
99.4
102.3
112.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 111
28 401
29 872
31 392
-
Average total income$
28 242
30 800
31 184
32 738
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.4
55.7
55.1
55.0
-
Females%
43.6
44.3
44.9
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.6
20.6
20.5
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
22.5
21.4
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.3
21.9
21.6
21.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
23.2
23.7
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.8
12.8
13.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.8
8.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.1
13.8
13.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.0
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.2
10.8
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.0
14.6
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
6.5
6.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
7.1
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
26.5
25.2
25.3
-
Not Stated%
-
5.1
5.2
5.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 015
848
759
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
40.4
26.1
23.3
-
-
Total income$m
35.5
26.2
24.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
39 784
30 820
30 751
-
-
Average total income$
34 958
30 880
32 470
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
615
618
558
546
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
219
228
243
261
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
339
363
387
402
Total businessesno.
-
1 173
1 209
1 188
1 209
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
60
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
84
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
168
144
129
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
120
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
60
Total business exitsno.
-
-
114
132
177
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year