National Regional Profile: Pilbara (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 193
766
778
700
699
Unemployment rate%
5.0
3.1
3.2
2.9
2.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 079
3 208
3 415
3 318
-
Taxable individualsno.
17 113
17 868
18 711
18 795
-
Taxable income$m
870.3
963.5
1 069.3
1 123.6
-
Average taxable income$
50 857
53 923
57 150
59 783
-
Net tax$m
234.9
270.4
302.0
315.6
-
Average net tax$
13 724
15 135
16 138
16 793
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.0
28.1
28.2
28.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
17 561
18 396
19 260
19 379
-
Wage and salary income $m
833.3
930.2
1 030.5
1 079.1
-
Total income $m
847.6
942.1
1 045.8
1 096.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
47 452
50 565
53 503
55 682
-
Average total income$
48 264
51 210
54 297
56 589
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.9
59.6
59.0
58.2
-
Females%
41.1
40.4
41.0
41.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.6
16.7
17.2
17.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.4
28.3
27.9
28.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.8
28.1
27.3
26.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
19.6
19.9
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.7
7.3
7.7
7.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.4
5.1
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
13.6
13.3
13.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.8
8.0
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
18.3
17.8
17.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.6
12.7
12.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
15.2
15.7
15.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.0
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.4
12.1
12.0
-
Not Stated%
-
6.0
6.0
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 143
989
871
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
42.2
38.8
36.2
-
-
Total income$m
45.6
41.6
39.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 944
39 189
41 527
-
-
Average total income$
39 874
42 034
45 436
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 572
1 344
1 302
1 332
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
315
360
432
465
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
396
441
465
453
Total businessesno.
-
2 283
2 145
2 199
2 250
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
294
351
363
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
159
144
Total business entriesno.
-
-
360
510
507
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
450
486
339
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
18
105
Total business exitsno.
-
-
462
504
444
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year