National Regional Profile: Circular Head (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA61210   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
245
259
177
165
212
Unemployment rate%
6.1
6.5
4.4
3.9
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
826
881
964
947
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 461
3 581
3 603
3 660
-
Taxable income$m
115.7
119.5
126.8
136.5
-
Average taxable income$
33 444
33 374
35 196
37 282
-
Net tax$m
24.3
25.8
27.3
29.8
-
Average net tax$
7 012
7 201
7 588
8 130
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.6
21.6
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 834
2 959
3 031
3 079
-
Wage and salary income $m
80.8
89.3
95.9
100.9
-
Total income $m
85.5
93.4
100.9
105.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 509
30 184
31 650
32 767
-
Average total income$
30 186
31 560
33 279
34 258
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.5
58.0
56.8
56.6
-
Females%
41.5
42.0
43.2
43.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
22.6
22.9
22.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.5
22.0
21.3
20.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.7
24.2
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
20.4
21.2
21.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
10.3
10.4
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.6
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
8.9
9.0
8.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.8
3.9
4.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.1
9.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.0
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
12.0
11.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.0
13.5
13.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.1
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
27.9
27.1
28.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.5
8.7
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
893
804
777
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
31.9
24.4
22.6
-
-
Total income$m
33.5
26.4
25.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 771
30 360
29 080
-
-
Average total income$
37 568
32 802
32 524
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
546
543
546
582
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
192
201
228
213
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
138
156
159
147
Total businessesno.
-
876
900
933
942
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
84
72
105
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
24
39
Total business entriesno.
-
-
117
96
144
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
90
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
93
114
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year