National Regional Profile: Central West (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 33505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
231
166
137
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
3.0
2.0
1.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 396
1 503
1 559
1 495
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 196
4 752
4 904
4 941
-
Taxable income$m
180.6
161.9
175.8
187.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 751
34 066
35 849
37 903
-
Net tax$m
38.2
34.3
36.7
39.9
-
Average net tax$
7 347
7 207
7 493
8 081
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.2
20.9
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 487
4 406
4 299
4 300
-
Wage and salary income $m
134.6
135.1
139.1
144.4
-
Total income $m
138.6
139.6
143.9
150.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 999
30 663
32 346
33 569
-
Average total income$
30 889
31 678
33 462
34 923
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
53.0
52.8
52.0
-
Females%
45.8
47.0
47.2
48.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
24.5
23.9
23.1
23.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.0
22.6
22.6
23.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
24.3
23.7
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.5
18.3
19.0
18.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.9
11.6
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.6
6.0
-
Professionals%
-
12.5
13.7
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.1
12.2
12.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.3
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.9
15.7
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
7.1
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.8
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.4
20.3
21.8
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
8.4
7.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 454
1 086
1 037
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
66.0
32.1
32.4
-
-
Total income$m
56.5
33.8
34.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
45 411
29 520
31 226
-
-
Average total income$
38 885
31 154
33 386
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 095
1 044
1 053
1 029
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
384
423
459
462
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
273
294
318
312
Total businessesno.
-
1 752
1 761
1 830
1 803
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
168
153
159
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
51
87
Total business entriesno.
-
-
216
204
246
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
219
189
162
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
15
81
Total business exitsno.
-
-
240
204
243
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year