National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) - North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210151754   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
58
85
96
126
105
Unemployment rate%
1.7
2.5
3.0
3.7
3.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
626
705
731
708
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 461
2 297
2 527
2 582
-
Taxable income$m
83.6
77.0
88.5
97.5
-
Average taxable income$
33 985
33 513
35 032
37 749
-
Net tax$m
17.3
16.5
18.9
21.0
-
Average net tax$
7 048
7 184
7 492
8 130
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.4
21.4
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 773
1 904
1 899
1 942
-
Wage and salary income $m
51.6
57.1
58.8
62.4
-
Total income $m
55.3
59.1
61.4
65.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 085
29 987
30 931
32 117
-
Average total income$
31 169
31 040
32 344
33 626
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.0
55.4
55.0
54.5
-
Females%
44.0
44.6
45.0
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.4
20.7
21.5
21.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
20.3
19.0
18.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
23.9
23.4
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
23.8
23.7
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
11.3
12.5
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
16.0
16.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.9
3.9
4.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.3
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.9
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.6
14.1
13.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.1
8.4
8.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.0
9.4
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.9
21.7
21.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
5.6
5.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
805
726
708
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
30.5
20.9
21.7
-
-
Total income$m
29.6
22.4
23.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 857
28 798
30 677
-
-
Average total income$
36 768
30 872
33 231
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
528
510
480
471
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
99
117
123
120
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
48
57
57
Total businessesno.
-
672
675
660
648
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
42
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
21
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
84
63
69
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
75
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
72
78
69
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year