National Regional Profile: Douglas (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057014   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
78
132
106
107
124
Unemployment rate%
8.7
7.8
5.2
5.0
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
358
376
460
487
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 611
1 713
2 024
2 281
-
Taxable income$m
57.9
64.9
80.3
95.7
-
Average taxable income$
35 964
37 891
39 695
41 960
-
Net tax$m
12.7
14.8
18.3
22.0
-
Average net tax$
7 908
8 631
9 052
9 630
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.8
22.8
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 549
1 641
1 956
2 197
-
Wage and salary income $m
52.1
58.1
71.5
84.2
-
Total income $m
54.3
60.5
74.8
88.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 631
35 376
36 538
38 305
-
Average total income$
35 049
36 855
38 260
40 301
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
54.9
54.7
54.3
-
Females%
45.2
45.1
45.3
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.4
23.3
23.7
24.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.9
26.0
25.5
24.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.5
23.5
23.1
22.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.8
18.3
18.7
18.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
8.9
9.0
9.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.4
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.1
14.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.2
11.1
11.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.5
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.4
17.9
18.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.1
6.6
6.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.9
10.2
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.0
9.2
10.0
-
Not Stated%
-
16.2
16.0
14.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
134
133
145
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.7
4.0
4.7
-
-
Total income$m
4.1
4.5
5.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 828
29 951
32 552
-
-
Average total income$
30 422
33 501
35 968
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
51
60
84
96
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
12
15
24
24
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
12
15
15
15
Total businessesno.
-
75
90
123
135
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
27
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
27
42
36
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3
12
27
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year