National Regional Profile: Lord Howe Island (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 125108859   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Unemployment rate%
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
62
66
59
65
-
Taxable individualsno.
184
180
195
184
-
Taxable income$m
6.5
6.7
7.8
7.4
-
Average taxable income$
35 458
37 152
40 068
39 954
-
Net tax$m
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.5
-
Average net tax$
7 130
7 457
8 393
8 087
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.1
20.9
20.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
169
168
167
160
-
Wage and salary income $m
5.0
5.1
5.4
5.3
-
Total income $m
5.3
5.4
5.6
5.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 852
30 059
32 088
33 238
-
Average total income$
31 073
31 875
33 628
35 765
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.1
48.8
49.7
49.4
-
Females%
47.9
51.2
50.3
50.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.4
14.9
10.8
10.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.1
21.4
21.0
20.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
27.4
28.1
28.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.4
20.8
27.5
24.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.0
15.5
12.6
17.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.7
9.6
10.8
-
Professionals%
-
10.4
10.2
8.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.7
10.8
11.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.0
12.0
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
3.0
0.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
16.9
20.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
6.0
5.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.5
20.5
20.4
-
Not Stated%
-
12.1
10.8
12.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
47
47
52
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.0
1.1
1.3
-
-
Total income$m
1.1
1.2
1.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 671
22 695
24 210
-
-
Average total income$
24 377
26 160
28 225
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
24
24
24
24
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
9
9
9
9
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
18
18
18
Total businessesno.
-
48
51
51
51
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
9
3
6
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
0
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
0
0
0
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year