National Regional Profile: Mermaid Wtrs-Clear Is. Wtrs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103562   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
510
369
323
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.9
4.2
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 911
1 932
1 851
1 867
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 076
7 153
7 319
7 460
-
Taxable income$m
249.3
272.9
313.6
338.9
-
Average taxable income$
35 227
38 156
42 843
45 428
-
Net tax$m
57.4
66.7
81.0
88.2
-
Average net tax$
8 112
9 330
11 071
11 820
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
24.5
25.8
26.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 888
5 888
5 962
6 105
-
Wage and salary income $m
182.1
190.2
204.0
218.9
-
Total income $m
193.7
203.1
217.6
233.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 932
32 310
34 215
35 853
-
Average total income$
32 887
34 500
36 501
38 155
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
50.1
50.4
50.4
-
Females%
49.9
49.9
49.6
49.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.9
22.4
22.9
23.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.1
27.7
27.6
26.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.1
19.9
20.0
19.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.0
18.4
17.6
17.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.6
11.9
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.5
12.0
12.0
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.2
14.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.5
9.5
9.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.9
9.2
9.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.4
3.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.9
19.8
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.1
3.4
3.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.1
13.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.9
6.1
6.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
9.4
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
958
957
865
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
26.8
28.7
28.8
-
-
Total income$m
30.1
32.8
33.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 954
30 013
33 257
-
-
Average total income$
31 360
34 213
38 664
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 212
1 122
1 137
1 146
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
264
300
366
387
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
105
138
171
156
Total businessesno.
-
1 581
1 560
1 674
1 689
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
258
195
249
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
96
72
Total business entriesno.
-
-
312
291
321
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
315
300
240
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
324
306
291
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year