National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
3 755
2 476
2 041
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
10.0
6.6
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 955
8 014
8 665
8 620
-
Taxable individualsno.
27 916
28 699
28 958
29 148
-
Taxable income$m
1 022.9
1 108.6
1 146.3
1 202.1
-
Average taxable income$
36 643
38 628
39 585
41 242
-
Net tax$m
222.7
250.0
259.7
274.4
-
Average net tax$
7 977
8 711
8 970
9 413
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.6
22.7
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
24 947
25 972
26 184
26 683
-
Wage and salary income $m
850.5
933.3
979.1
1 039.7
-
Total income $m
887.5
967.2
1 022.5
1 087.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 093
35 936
37 393
38 966
-
Average total income$
35 577
37 242
39 050
40 754
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
56.9
56.3
56.0
-
Females%
43.1
43.1
43.7
44.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.3
17.3
16.9
17.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.7
23.3
22.7
21.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.5
26.8
26.4
25.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
22.3
22.9
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.3
11.1
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.8
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.6
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.6
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
14.2
13.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.2
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.9
15.0
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.6
10.5
10.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
9.8
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.7
13.8
14.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
7.5
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 898
3 697
3 145
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
158.6
160.2
91.3
-
-
Total income$m
152.2
154.5
104.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
40 700
43 328
29 023
-
-
Average total income$
39 035
41 777
33 270
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 820
2 646
2 466
2 460
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
918
972
1 056
1 035
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
849
915
966
969
Total businessesno.
-
4 587
4 533
4 488
4 464
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
417
363
354
Employing businessesno.
-
-
219
201
237
Total business entriesno.
-
-
636
564
591
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
570
564
435
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
69
228
Total business exitsno.
-
-
612
633
663
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year