National Regional Profile: Coober Pedy (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA41330   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
173
152
159
114
69
Unemployment rate%
16.3
14.4
14.9
10.7
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
405
346
367
349
-
Taxable individualsno.
546
551
514
548
-
Taxable income$m
17.3
18.8
18.2
19.6
-
Average taxable income$
31 729
34 135
35 350
35 848
-
Net tax$m
2.9
3.4
3.2
3.5
-
Average net tax$
5 340
6 200
6 304
6 399
-
Average net tax ratio%
16.8
18.2
17.8
17.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
550
517
500
518
-
Wage and salary income $m
14.6
15.4
15.4
16.1
-
Total income $m
15.5
16.2
16.1
16.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 529
29 731
30 793
31 109
-
Average total income$
28 120
31 376
32 295
32 546
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
46.6
46.3
45.8
45.1
-
Females%
53.4
53.7
54.2
54.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.4
18.0
16.6
15.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.1
17.8
19.6
17.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
26.3
24.0
24.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
21.6
22.8
23.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.8
16.4
17.0
17.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
5.4
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.9
15.6
16.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.6
11.0
8.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.2
7.2
6.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.9
0.0
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.1
19.2
20.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.0
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
11.8
13.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.8
12.8
12.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
11.0
10.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
173
164
155
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.3
3.0
3.4
-
-
Total income$m
3.9
3.5
3.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
18 950
18 587
22 144
-
-
Average total income$
22 425
21 212
20 934
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
72
93
60
48
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
15
15
15
9
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6
6
6
6
Total businessesno.
-
93
114
81
63
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
9
6
6
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6
27
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
6
27
18
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year