National Regional Profile: Berri & Barmera (DC) - Barmera (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 420050521   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
189
142
110
101
108
Unemployment rate%
8.4
6.6
5.1
4.7
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
497
422
492
477
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 753
1 825
1 743
1 726
-
Taxable income$m
55.4
63.0
58.0
60.3
-
Average taxable income$
31 580
34 540
33 303
34 934
-
Net tax$m
11.4
13.9
11.8
12.5
-
Average net tax$
6 477
7 601
6 782
7 262
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
22.0
20.4
20.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 449
1 465
1 442
1 426
-
Wage and salary income $m
40.1
41.8
43.7
44.4
-
Total income $m
42.1
45.3
45.6
46.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 687
28 551
30 305
31 133
-
Average total income$
29 037
30 920
31 642
32 509
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.8
52.7
53.5
53.2
-
Females%
46.2
47.3
46.5
46.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.6
20.2
19.3
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.6
22.5
21.8
21.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
23.9
23.5
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.6
22.6
24.1
25.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.9
11.3
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
6.9
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.6
10.8
11.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.1
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.6
8.3
9.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.1
1.0
0.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
15.7
15.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.8
8.0
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
8.5
8.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
29.6
29.7
28.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.7
6.0
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
449
420
383
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.9
15.1
10.9
-
-
Total income$m
14.4
16.4
12.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 021
36 052
28 438
-
-
Average total income$
32 139
39 100
33 592
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
327
312
270
276
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
111
123
123
111
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
69
69
69
72
Total businessesno.
-
507
504
462
459
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
21
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
63
39
48
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
36
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
36
36
69
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year