National Regional Profile: Greater Geelong (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210102757   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
619
691
716
837
749
Unemployment rate%
4.6
4.7
5.0
5.5
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 000
4 049
4 189
4 269
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 888
13 450
13 894
14 374
-
Taxable income$m
466.5
506.7
550.3
610.0
-
Average taxable income$
36 199
37 675
39 609
42 436
-
Net tax$m
104.6
116.6
127.8
144.3
-
Average net tax$
8 117
8 669
9 195
10 036
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.0
23.2
23.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 874
11 191
11 522
11 829
-
Wage and salary income $m
360.6
385.7
412.2
444.0
-
Total income $m
381.3
408.7
436.0
476.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 157
34 463
35 772
37 536
-
Average total income$
35 064
36 522
37 841
40 279
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
52.5
51.9
51.9
-
Females%
47.3
47.5
48.1
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.8
17.4
17.5
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.0
19.8
18.9
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
24.7
24.5
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.2
26.5
26.3
26.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.6
12.7
13.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.6
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
20.5
20.6
20.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.6
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.7
12.5
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.7
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
5.9
6.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.6
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.7
7.4
7.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.9
9.6
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 507
1 518
1 449
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
37.0
39.5
41.3
-
-
Total income$m
42.3
44.1
45.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 558
26 027
28 511
-
-
Average total income$
28 040
29 055
31 615
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 584
1 518
1 437
1 461
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
477
525
618
672
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
240
264
294
303
Total businessesno.
-
2 301
2 307
2 349
2 436
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
330
294
255
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
132
111
Total business entriesno.
-
-
429
426
366
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
336
405
291
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
21
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
339
426
357
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year