National Regional Profile: Great Lakes (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110103400   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 545
1 315
1 324
1 016
1 841
Unemployment rate%
15.8
12.8
11.2
7.7
15.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 452
4 605
4 867
4 847
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 006
11 673
12 097
12 529
-
Taxable income$m
360.4
408.5
441.8
467.0
-
Average taxable income$
32 743
34 994
36 521
37 275
-
Net tax$m
74.8
88.4
96.3
99.6
-
Average net tax$
6 799
7 576
7 957
7 946
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.6
21.8
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 465
8 916
9 327
9 551
-
Wage and salary income $m
248.6
273.1
295.9
314.7
-
Total income $m
266.3
294.3
318.1
336.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 366
30 625
31 721
32 954
-
Average total income$
31 456
33 013
34 101
35 278
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.5
53.0
53.1
52.6
-
Females%
46.5
47.0
46.9
47.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.1
18.8
19.3
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.1
19.0
18.4
17.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
24.8
24.2
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.4
24.4
24.1
24.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.8
13.1
14.0
14.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.3
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
13.6
13.6
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
6.9
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.8
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.6
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
17.4
17.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.9
7.1
7.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.9
11.9
11.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.5
10.9
11.2
-
Not Stated%
-
11.2
10.3
9.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 939
1 926
1 852
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
49.4
54.3
53.4
-
-
Total income$m
54.5
59.7
59.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 465
28 184
28 831
-
-
Average total income$
28 094
30 985
32 072
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 893
1 815
1 611
1 569
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
513
567
615
636
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
384
462
498
471
Total businessesno.
-
2 790
2 844
2 724
2 676
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
318
258
198
Employing businessesno.
-
-
156
108
102
Total business entriesno.
-
-
474
366
300
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
381
414
264
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
93
Total business exitsno.
-
-
393
429
357
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year