National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Western Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052076   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
410
385
321
345
470
Unemployment rate%
5.9
5.5
4.4
4.6
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 331
1 413
1 519
1 520
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 366
6 704
7 034
7 336
-
Taxable income$m
219.5
240.5
271.2
292.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 488
35 878
38 555
39 843
-
Net tax$m
47.9
53.7
62.0
66.4
-
Average net tax$
7 530
8 013
8 817
9 050
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.3
22.9
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 939
6 209
6 510
6 802
-
Wage and salary income $m
187.9
205.7
225.4
244.5
-
Total income $m
195.9
214.7
237.8
256.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 630
33 133
34 620
35 943
-
Average total income$
32 982
34 580
36 535
37 698
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.7
51.8
51.4
51.8
-
Females%
48.3
48.2
48.6
48.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
19.7
19.8
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.4
28.0
27.6
27.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.8
24.0
24.1
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.4
19.5
19.2
19.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.3
8.9
9.3
9.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.3
8.2
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
14.7
14.8
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.3
8.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.0
11.3
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.6
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.2
20.3
19.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.3
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.0
13.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.6
7.6
7.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.7
7.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
732
731
685
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
21.3
22.1
23.3
-
-
Total income$m
23.4
24.0
25.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 101
30 306
33 957
-
-
Average total income$
31 969
32 906
37 391
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
696
606
600
588
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
150
177
213
222
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
129
132
141
153
Total businessesno.
-
975
915
954
963
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
153
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
51
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
201
204
189
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
159
159
123
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
12
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
165
171
156
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year