National Regional Profile: Northern Territory   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 7   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
7 200
6 100
5 301
6 295
5 909
Unemployment rate%
6.8
5.8
5.2
6.3
5.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
17 234
18 062
18 463
18 395
-
Taxable individualsno.
76 354
77 638
79 101
81 395
-
Taxable income$m
3 128.2
3 292.8
3 542.4
3 874.4
-
Average taxable income$
40 969
42 413
44 784
47 600
-
Net tax$m
668.4
721.0
784.2
874.1
-
Average net tax$
8 754
9 287
9 914
10 739
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
21.9
22.1
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
74 731
74 797
76 055
78 523
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 751.4
2 861.5
3 044.3
3 353.5
-
Total income $m
2 836.5
2 947.1
3 148.5
3 468.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 817
38 257
40 027
42 708
-
Average total income$
37 956
39 401
41 397
44 173
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.4
53.3
52.9
52.9
-
Females%
46.6
46.7
47.1
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.4
18.1
18.3
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.0
27.6
26.9
26.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
25.2
24.9
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
20.3
20.4
20.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.2
8.7
9.5
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.3
8.5
-
Professionals%
-
17.2
17.6
17.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.4
8.4
8.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.8
9.7
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.2
18.5
18.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
5.8
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.5
7.6
8.0
-
Not Stated%
-
13.7
13.1
12.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 579
6 204
5 704
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
188.8
183.4
179.7
-
-
Total income$m
202.2
200.7
197.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 697
29 564
31 500
-
-
Average total income$
30 739
32 351
34 567
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 588
8 802
8 184
8 055
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 905
2 205
2 592
2 730
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 142
2 361
2 550
2 463
Total businessesno.
-
13 635
13 368
13 326
13 248
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 725
1 683
1 746
Employing businessesno.
-
-
498
669
696
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 223
2 352
2 442
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 400
2 322
1 620
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
129
570
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 478
2 451
2 190
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year