National Regional Profile: Whitsunday (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340107330   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
660
602
602
528
364
Unemployment rate%
7.1
6.4
6.3
5.2
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 776
1 781
1 842
1 872
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 347
7 772
8 103
8 426
-
Taxable income$m
224.6
254.7
289.1
322.1
-
Average taxable income$
30 576
32 774
35 675
38 230
-
Net tax$m
45.5
53.6
63.4
72.2
-
Average net tax$
6 194
6 894
7 827
8 574
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
21.0
21.9
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 511
6 762
7 015
7 295
-
Wage and salary income $m
182.6
200.6
221.3
242.9
-
Total income $m
192.1
210.0
235.5
258.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 044
29 662
31 550
33 292
-
Average total income$
29 497
31 060
33 565
35 431
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
53.8
53.5
53.6
-
Females%
46.0
46.2
46.5
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.6
20.7
20.9
21.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.6
27.1
26.6
26.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
24.8
24.3
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.3
18.5
19.2
18.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.3
8.9
9.0
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.7
10.0
9.8
-
Professionals%
-
11.9
11.9
11.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.2
8.3
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.2
12.6
13.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.4
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.2
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.7
9.9
10.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
11.5
12.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.8
9.9
10.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.1
7.3
6.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 308
1 320
1 286
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
33.4
36.3
39.4
-
-
Total income$m
35.8
40.4
45.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 551
27 487
30 641
-
-
Average total income$
27 389
30 618
35 159
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 305
1 251
1 191
1 230
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
360
396
453
480
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
393
441
501
498
Total businessesno.
-
2 058
2 088
2 145
2 208
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
225
240
297
Employing businessesno.
-
-
96
144
162
Total business entriesno.
-
-
321
384
459
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
276
282
210
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
21
138
Total business exitsno.
-
-
300
303
348
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year