National Regional Profile: Melton (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24650   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 848
1 772
1 763
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.2
5.7
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 103
4 675
5 334
5 674
-
Taxable individualsno.
24 094
26 316
28 168
30 194
-
Taxable income$m
842.5
954.3
1 064.7
1 179.8
-
Average taxable income$
34 966
36 263
37 799
39 074
-
Net tax$m
186.0
215.7
239.4
264.7
-
Average net tax$
7 718
8 195
8 498
8 767
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.6
22.5
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
23 503
25 667
27 477
29 416
-
Wage and salary income $m
788.4
898.1
1 005.2
1 119.2
-
Total income $m
819.3
928.2
1 035.1
1 147.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 545
34 990
36 585
38 047
-
Average total income$
34 859
36 164
37 670
39 006
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.6
54.8
54.7
-
Females%
45.3
45.4
45.2
45.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
20.8
20.5
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.1
27.4
27.3
27.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
23.4
23.2
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.4
21.2
21.1
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.5
7.2
7.9
8.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.6
8.5
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
10.7
10.7
10.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
5.7
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.0
13.1
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.6
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
18.5
18.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.1
11.3
11.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
10.7
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.9
11.2
11.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.9
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 839
1 949
1 971
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
42.6
48.4
50.5
-
-
Total income$m
45.8
51.4
53.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 176
24 843
25 614
-
-
Average total income$
24 900
26 350
27 181
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 418
2 415
2 430
2 421
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
756
867
1 047
1 134
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
273
321
345
357
Total businessesno.
-
3 447
3 603
3 822
3 912
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
693
693
582
Employing businessesno.
-
-
195
270
264
Total business entriesno.
-
-
888
963
846
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
651
642
624
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
30
141
Total business exitsno.
-
-
672
672
765
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year