National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 130   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
5 616
5 467
5 124
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.5
6.2
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
20 704
22 131
22 071
21 978
-
Taxable individualsno.
68 732
67 126
68 598
70 048
-
Taxable income$m
2 348.5
2 351.3
2 537.2
2 717.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 170
35 029
36 987
38 791
-
Net tax$m
508.7
520.2
561.2
606.3
-
Average net tax$
7 401
7 750
8 181
8 656
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
22.1
22.1
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
57 631
57 083
57 094
58 595
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 761.2
1 800.0
1 884.4
1 995.8
-
Total income $m
1 842.3
1 867.4
1 976.9
2 089.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 561
31 532
33 005
34 061
-
Average total income$
31 968
32 713
34 625
35 658
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
53.7
53.2
53.2
-
Females%
45.8
46.3
46.8
46.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.8
19.0
19.0
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
21.8
21.3
20.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.2
24.0
23.8
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
22.5
22.9
22.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
12.7
13.1
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
16.8
17.0
16.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.5
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.6
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.5
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.3
6.3
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.7
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.4
15.2
15.9
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
9.7
9.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
14 332
11 761
11 938
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
492.8
382.4
381.3
-
-
Total income$m
495.8
401.3
428.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 381
32 511
31 938
-
-
Average total income$
34 595
34 119
35 921
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
12 993
12 546
11 826
11 964
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 981
4 317
4 629
4 695
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 063
3 288
3 495
3 549
Total businessesno.
-
20 037
20 151
19 950
20 208
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 665
1 641
1 839
Employing businessesno.
-
-
687
876
1 050
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 352
2 517
2 889
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 217
2 169
1 623
Employing businessesno.
-
-
165
192
915
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 382
2 361
2 538
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year