National Regional Profile: Emerald (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 330153000   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
347
315
286
245
175
Unemployment rate%
4.5
4.0
3.6
2.9
2.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 239
1 321
1 357
1 348
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 275
6 334
6 515
6 837
-
Taxable income$m
265.7
276.7
303.9
342.5
-
Average taxable income$
42 349
43 679
46 647
50 094
-
Net tax$m
68.5
72.5
80.4
91.8
-
Average net tax$
10 917
11 445
12 347
13 429
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.8
26.2
26.5
26.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 073
6 142
6 314
6 603
-
Wage and salary income $m
238.0
249.3
269.4
301.6
-
Total income $m
244.0
254.6
276.6
310.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
39 187
40 594
42 674
45 669
-
Average total income$
40 176
41 446
43 800
47 002
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
56.7
56.4
56.4
-
Females%
43.1
43.3
43.6
43.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.9
23.6
23.7
24.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.2
26.2
26.4
26.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
26.0
25.1
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.6
17.4
17.8
18.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.4
6.9
7.0
7.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.7
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
12.0
12.1
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.2
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
13.7
14.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.6
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.9
15.7
16.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.0
9.0
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.6
12.9
12.0
-
Not Stated%
-
6.2
6.5
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
694
616
579
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
26.6
23.4
22.6
-
-
Total income$m
27.5
23.9
23.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 291
37 962
39 011
-
-
Average total income$
39 555
38 781
40 760
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
831
801
783
819
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
249
285
336
369
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
243
264
291
285
Total businessesno.
-
1 323
1 350
1 410
1 473
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
126
156
195
Employing businessesno.
-
-
90
129
102
Total business entriesno.
-
-
216
285
297
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
177
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
12
69
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
189
207
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year