National Regional Profile: Mackay (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34760   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 236
3 158
3 034
2 407
1 732
Unemployment rate%
8.1
7.8
7.3
5.5
3.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 236
8 538
9 181
8 828
-
Taxable individualsno.
33 219
34 999
36 721
39 740
-
Taxable income$m
1 236.8
1 374.7
1 543.9
1 830.1
-
Average taxable income$
37 231
39 278
42 044
46 051
-
Net tax$m
286.6
328.8
374.8
456.6
-
Average net tax$
8 629
9 394
10 206
11 489
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.2
23.9
24.3
24.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
30 265
31 960
33 778
36 422
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 059.8
1 172.2
1 314.1
1 528.8
-
Total income $m
1 099.5
1 224.2
1 372.5
1 604.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 019
36 677
38 903
41 974
-
Average total income$
36 328
38 306
40 634
44 044
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.2
57.2
57.0
57.5
-
Females%
42.8
42.8
43.0
42.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
21.0
21.0
21.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.6
24.1
23.6
23.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.5
25.2
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.4
20.9
21.2
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.2
8.5
9.0
9.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.6
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.2
13.0
12.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
5.9
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.4
16.7
17.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
16.5
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.8
12.3
13.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
10.7
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.6
10.8
-
Not Stated%
-
5.6
5.8
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 108
4 021
3 501
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
110.9
115.5
114.8
-
-
Total income$m
123.1
131.6
129.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 003
28 728
32 791
-
-
Average total income$
29 963
32 722
36 884
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 311
4 212
3 981
4 221
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 302
1 494
1 839
2 055
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 146
1 299
1 428
1 407
Total businessesno.
-
6 759
7 005
7 248
7 683
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
735
873
975
Employing businessesno.
-
-
387
525
606
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 122
1 398
1 581
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
906
1 047
738
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
84
393
Total business exitsno.
-
-
957
1 131
1 131
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year