National Regional Profile: Biggenden (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA30700   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
67
52
43
34
41
Unemployment rate%
8.9
7.5
6.6
4.8
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
237
208
224
225
-
Taxable individualsno.
401
416
434
445
-
Taxable income$m
11.2
12.3
14.3
15.4
-
Average taxable income$
27 924
29 674
32 991
34 497
-
Net tax$m
2.1
2.4
2.9
3.1
-
Average net tax$
5 197
5 662
6 637
7 027
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.6
19.1
20.1
20.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
321
346
351
355
-
Wage and salary income $m
7.5
8.6
9.7
10.8
-
Total income $m
7.7
9.1
10.3
11.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
23 419
24 783
27 676
30 516
-
Average total income$
24 034
26 394
29 231
31 693
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
54.4
54.5
53.8
-
Females%
45.8
45.6
45.5
46.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.4
21.8
23.3
23.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.0
18.3
15.9
16.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
19.3
19.8
23.0
21.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
22.1
20.5
22.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
17.1
18.0
17.3
16.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
7.4
5.1
-
Professionals%
-
12.3
11.4
10.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.9
4.3
3.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.0
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
2.9
0.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
14.6
14.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
6.9
7.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
3.9
5.4
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
29.8
29.4
34.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
7.7
8.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
154
126
130
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.8
3.4
3.9
-
-
Total income$m
3.9
3.9
4.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 530
27 327
29 657
-
-
Average total income$
25 393
31 223
31 528
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
168
165
162
180
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
42
42
42
45
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
33
36
42
30
Total businessesno.
-
243
243
246
255
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
36
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
18
36
45
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
24
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
21
24
33
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year