National Regional Profile: Latrobe (C) - Morwell (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255053814   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 353
1 227
1 210
1 437
1 147
Unemployment rate%
13.1
11.8
11.0
12.7
10.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 393
2 425
2 546
2 492
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 115
8 347
8 328
8 373
-
Taxable income$m
287.1
305.0
323.6
335.2
-
Average taxable income$
35 382
36 543
38 853
40 032
-
Net tax$m
63.9
69.6
74.3
76.7
-
Average net tax$
7 877
8 339
8 925
9 158
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.8
23.0
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 613
7 803
7 867
7 777
-
Wage and salary income $m
257.7
272.1
288.3
295.4
-
Total income $m
269.3
285.6
303.4
309.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 848
34 869
36 648
37 977
-
Average total income$
35 376
36 598
38 561
39 803
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.0
56.8
57.1
56.7
-
Females%
43.0
43.2
42.9
43.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.8
20.1
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.6
20.7
20.3
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
24.5
23.3
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.0
24.3
24.5
25.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.6
11.7
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
6.1
5.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.6
13.2
13.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.8
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.3
16.8
16.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
15.6
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.7
9.7
9.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.4
12.1
12.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.8
10.8
10.8
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.3
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
698
654
599
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.1
15.4
14.9
-
-
Total income$m
18.6
17.1
16.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 530
23 528
24 912
-
-
Average total income$
26 681
26 192
28 064
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
837
897
831
852
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
231
255
288
312
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
222
243
264
267
Total businessesno.
-
1 290
1 395
1 383
1 431
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
180
102
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
42
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
219
222
153
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
174
201
156
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
18
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
189
219
186
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year