National Regional Profile: Mitchell (S) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 240204854   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
399
333
293
358
427
Unemployment rate%
5.3
4.0
3.3
4.0
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 569
1 763
1 902
1 966
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 475
7 926
8 472
8 987
-
Taxable income$m
269.1
294.2
329.6
367.9
-
Average taxable income$
36 001
37 115
38 908
40 938
-
Net tax$m
60.7
67.6
76.0
84.8
-
Average net tax$
8 116
8 535
8 968
9 434
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
23.0
23.0
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 980
7 513
7 896
8 418
-
Wage and salary income $m
235.5
261.4
291.3
324.1
-
Total income $m
245.8
272.3
301.9
338.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 739
34 796
36 891
38 503
-
Average total income$
35 214
36 244
38 234
40 244
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.4
54.3
54.1
-
Females%
45.3
45.6
45.7
45.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.9
16.6
16.6
16.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.5
23.1
22.7
21.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.4
28.3
28.5
28.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.4
22.1
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.5
10.2
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.5
9.4
9.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.2
13.0
13.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.0
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.1
16.1
15.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.2
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.3
16.6
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.0
10.0
10.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.8
7.9
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.1
10.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.8
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
827
840
808
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
19.7
20.1
19.3
-
-
Total income$m
21.2
22.0
20.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 873
23 949
23 866
-
-
Average total income$
25 627
26 165
25 707
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 041
948
945
939
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
342
372
438
441
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
129
153
180
162
Total businessesno.
-
1 512
1 473
1 563
1 542
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
225
162
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
66
90
Total business entriesno.
-
-
270
228
237
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
201
219
198
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
63
Total business exitsno.
-
-
210
231
261
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year