National Regional Profile: Wellington (S) - Alberton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250156811   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
172
177
175
205
150
Unemployment rate%
6.4
6.5
6.0
6.9
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
758
819
864
816
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 262
2 327
2 313
2 370
-
Taxable income$m
77.5
81.1
81.7
90.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 280
34 855
35 302
38 344
-
Net tax$m
16.2
18.0
17.6
19.8
-
Average net tax$
7 159
7 748
7 597
8 350
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
22.2
21.5
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 761
1 830
1 845
1 829
-
Wage and salary income $m
54.2
58.9
61.1
63.0
-
Total income $m
57.6
61.8
63.9
67.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 764
32 202
33 103
34 453
-
Average total income$
32 699
33 762
34 625
36 640
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.1
54.3
53.9
54.1
-
Females%
44.9
45.7
46.1
45.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
16.9
18.4
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.8
18.7
16.9
16.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.1
22.9
22.9
22.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
27.9
28.7
28.6
28.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.8
13.3
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.5
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
15.2
14.5
15.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
7.7
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.0
13.6
13.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.8
13.8
13.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.6
8.7
8.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.8
8.7
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.5
15.1
15.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.9
9.7
10.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
630
568
521
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.7
14.7
12.8
-
-
Total income$m
20.4
15.6
14.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 891
25 811
24 574
-
-
Average total income$
32 366
27 509
27 902
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
501
477
465
444
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
144
147
138
132
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
105
114
120
123
Total businessesno.
-
750
738
723
699
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
60
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
15
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
42
75
75
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
72
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
78
69
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year