National Regional Profile: Port Hedland (T) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540057280   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
534
347
367
309
304
Unemployment rate%
7.5
4.7
4.9
4.1
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
893
927
1 036
897
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 572
5 694
5 853
5 560
-
Taxable income$m
274.6
293.2
317.3
322.0
-
Average taxable income$
49 281
51 503
54 211
57 921
-
Net tax$m
72.4
80.2
86.7
89.5
-
Average net tax$
12 999
14 088
14 812
16 096
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.4
27.4
27.3
27.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 700
5 812
6 019
5 633
-
Wage and salary income $m
262.3
283.0
305.9
306.4
-
Total income $m
268.6
286.4
312.2
313.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
46 025
48 686
50 817
54 388
-
Average total income$
47 134
49 277
51 872
55 668
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.2
58.9
58.6
58.2
-
Females%
41.8
41.1
41.4
41.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.7
18.8
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.3
27.8
27.5
27.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.5
26.2
25.1
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.1
20.2
20.3
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.5
8.1
8.3
9.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.1
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
14.0
13.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.6
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
17.0
16.5
17.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.2
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
12.6
12.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.5
12.5
13.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
9.6
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.4
13.6
13.4
-
Not Stated%
-
5.9
6.2
6.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
346
286
252
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
12.1
11.3
10.1
-
-
Total income$m
13.2
12.0
10.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 880
39 445
40 218
-
-
Average total income$
38 291
41 797
43 356
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
513
426
420
444
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
105
120
135
159
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
123
144
159
156
Total businessesno.
-
741
690
714
759
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
108
135
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
60
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
132
195
180
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
162
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
156
165
156
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year