National Regional Profile: Litchfield (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA72300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
604
484
407
447
412
Unemployment rate%
7.3
5.2
4.4
4.8
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 708
1 677
1 700
1 732
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 171
7 378
7 565
7 782
-
Taxable income$m
280.1
296.3
320.2
357.3
-
Average taxable income$
39 066
40 163
42 324
45 918
-
Net tax$m
62.5
66.6
72.5
83.3
-
Average net tax$
8 716
9 031
9 589
10 702
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.5
22.7
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 741
6 875
7 021
7 234
-
Wage and salary income $m
243.4
261.1
277.3
311.8
-
Total income $m
250.8
269.4
287.4
323.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 114
37 984
39 497
43 097
-
Average total income$
37 203
39 183
40 928
44 725
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
54.2
53.7
54.0
-
Females%
46.0
45.8
46.3
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
14.3
13.7
14.0
14.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
22.9
21.6
20.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.9
29.0
28.9
28.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
24.2
24.1
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.2
11.5
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.4
9.3
9.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.4
13.5
13.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
7.9
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.3
13.4
13.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.5
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
18.4
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.5
9.1
9.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.9
7.9
7.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
9.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
9.1
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 051
1 011
931
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
30.6
29.0
28.1
-
-
Total income$m
33.2
31.5
30.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 157
28 708
30 207
-
-
Average total income$
31 550
31 166
32 363
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 161
1 140
1 074
1 032
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
231
237
267
276
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
153
168
177
177
Total businessesno.
-
1 545
1 545
1 518
1 485
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
237
192
186
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
54
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
267
246
243
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
291
303
192
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
297
309
237
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year