National Regional Profile: Mackay (C) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340054762   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 925
2 778
2 638
2 097
1 500
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.0
7.5
5.6
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 687
6 996
7 553
7 365
-
Taxable individualsno.
28 225
29 868
31 575
34 213
-
Taxable income$m
1 056.6
1 180.5
1 333.9
1 582.2
-
Average taxable income$
37 434
39 525
42 247
46 246
-
Net tax$m
246.0
283.6
324.9
396.2
-
Average net tax$
8 715
9 496
10 291
11 581
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.3
24.0
24.4
25.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
25 958
27 563
29 251
31 632
-
Wage and salary income $m
911.8
1 013.6
1 140.2
1 329.7
-
Total income $m
946.0
1 059.5
1 192.0
1 395.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 127
36 774
38 981
42 036
-
Average total income$
36 443
38 439
40 751
44 128
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
57.0
56.8
57.3
-
Females%
43.1
43.0
43.2
42.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.3
21.3
21.4
21.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.9
24.3
23.9
23.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.4
25.0
24.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
20.7
21.0
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.0
8.3
8.7
9.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.6
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
13.5
13.3
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.0
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.4
16.7
17.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.8
16.8
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.4
12.0
12.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
10.8
10.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.2
10.4
-
Not Stated%
-
5.6
5.9
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 180
3 105
2 810
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
88.2
91.3
95.0
-
-
Total income$m
97.5
104.4
106.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 751
29 405
33 791
-
-
Average total income$
30 646
33 619
37 816
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 618
3 543
3 327
3 459
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 122
1 293
1 614
1 782
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 095
1 236
1 365
1 338
Total businessesno.
-
5 835
6 072
6 306
6 579
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
678
753
792
Employing businessesno.
-
-
354
489
501
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 032
1 242
1 293
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
804
963
657
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
63
324
Total business exitsno.
-
-
852
1 026
981
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year