National Regional Profile: Brookton (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA50910   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
16
19
16
16
16
Unemployment rate%
2.6
3.3
2.9
2.8
2.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
105
109
104
128
-
Taxable individualsno.
394
411
399
401
-
Taxable income$m
12.9
16.1
14.9
15.9
-
Average taxable income$
32 804
39 300
37 405
39 532
-
Net tax$m
2.5
3.6
3.3
3.6
-
Average net tax$
6 394
8 852
8 244
8 902
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.5
22.5
22.0
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
231
236
228
247
-
Wage and salary income $m
5.7
6.5
6.2
6.9
-
Total income $m
6.2
7.1
6.8
7.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
24 818
27 658
27 143
27 891
-
Average total income$
26 836
30 025
29 756
30 305
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
54.4
53.1
53.8
-
Females%
44.6
45.6
46.9
46.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.9
21.1
21.1
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
19.8
20.2
23.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.4
26.6
26.8
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.6
19.0
18.0
17.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.9
13.5
14.0
15.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
7.0
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
11.7
10.9
10.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.2
2.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.7
15.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.2
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
15.2
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.1
7.0
5.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
4.8
6.5
4.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.6
22.6
22.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.8
13.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
174
169
135
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.4
6.7
4.5
-
-
Total income$m
6.2
7.2
5.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 152
39 587
33 535
-
-
Average total income$
35 621
42 834
39 152
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
93
72
63
72
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
39
42
45
42
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
27
27
27
33
Total businessesno.
-
159
141
135
147
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
6
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
9
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
15
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
18
15
15
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year