National Regional Profile: East Pilbara (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA53220   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
144
104
107
95
106
Unemployment rate%
3.7
2.9
3.1
2.7
2.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
379
423
441
477
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 938
1 953
2 143
2 355
-
Taxable income$m
103.2
110.2
123.0
147.9
-
Average taxable income$
53 239
56 439
57 391
62 788
-
Net tax$m
28.5
31.7
34.9
42.9
-
Average net tax$
14 686
16 252
16 299
18 236
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.6
28.8
28.4
29.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 000
2 084
2 221
2 449
-
Wage and salary income $m
99.2
108.6
118.9
143.4
-
Total income $m
99.7
109.3
120.3
144.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
49 588
52 101
53 538
58 572
-
Average total income$
49 858
52 478
54 152
59 011
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
60.2
59.9
59.3
58.3
-
Females%
39.8
40.1
40.7
41.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.9
16.4
15.8
17.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.9
25.4
25.6
26.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
30.6
29.1
28.9
27.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.2
22.2
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.7
6.9
7.6
7.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.2
4.1
4.2
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
13.6
13.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.8
7.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
17.9
17.9
16.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.2
0.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
12.0
12.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
22.3
22.7
23.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.6
6.9
6.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
10.9
10.2
-
Not Stated%
-
4.5
4.1
4.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
106
108
104
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.4
4.5
4.0
-
-
Total income$m
5.6
4.8
4.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
51 416
41 703
38 824
-
-
Average total income$
52 720
44 151
42 547
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
135
111
114
102
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
27
33
39
45
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
60
63
66
57
Total businessesno.
-
222
207
219
204
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
21
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
9
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
30
33
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
39
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
42
33
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year