National Regional Profile: Douglas (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350102800   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
434
461
365
335
441
Unemployment rate%
7.7
7.9
5.9
5.3
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 340
1 374
1 526
1 255
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 817
3 988
5 111
5 033
-
Taxable income$m
114.8
125.8
172.3
178.3
-
Average taxable income$
30 064
31 552
33 721
35 429
-
Net tax$m
21.7
24.5
34.9
36.8
-
Average net tax$
5 675
6 149
6 835
7 304
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.9
19.5
20.3
20.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 399
3 464
4 541
4 379
-
Wage and salary income $m
93.3
97.9
136.1
137.2
-
Total income $m
97.1
103.4
144.7
145.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 443
28 248
29 974
31 340
-
Average total income$
28 578
29 848
31 869
33 234
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
53.7
53.4
52.5
-
Females%
45.2
46.3
46.6
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.0
18.4
19.0
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.0
24.5
27.8
28.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
25.3
24.3
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
21.0
18.6
19.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
10.9
10.4
10.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
7.4
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
10.5
9.6
8.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.5
10.8
11.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.1
13.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.4
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.3
20.2
21.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
6.9
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.2
12.9
13.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.5
12.6
11.1
-
Not Stated%
-
6.1
5.3
4.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
713
748
821
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
16.7
19.2
23.5
-
-
Total income$m
18.3
21.4
27.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 363
25 604
28 646
-
-
Average total income$
25 670
28 550
33 038
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
588
558
525
537
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
174
192
234
252
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
120
129
156
150
Total businessesno.
-
882
879
915
939
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
126
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
84
75
Total business entriesno.
-
-
141
210
204
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
189
153
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
9
78
Total business exitsno.
-
-
108
198
231
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year