National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350102078   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
128
123
105
100
141
Unemployment rate%
5.4
5.2
4.3
4.0
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
509
494
508
542
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 462
1 479
1 432
1 565
-
Taxable income$m
46.7
50.0
51.2
59.1
-
Average taxable income$
31 927
33 787
35 782
37 794
-
Net tax$m
9.2
10.2
10.7
12.4
-
Average net tax$
6 262
6 874
7 439
7 954
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.6
20.3
20.8
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 310
1 301
1 269
1 372
-
Wage and salary income $m
38.6
40.0
41.1
46.7
-
Total income $m
40.1
42.1
43.1
49.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 477
30 764
32 413
34 034
-
Average total income$
30 629
32 392
33 923
35 690
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.5
55.9
55.7
55.7
-
Females%
44.5
44.1
44.3
44.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
17.2
17.9
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
21.7
19.8
20.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
24.2
24.1
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
25.3
25.4
25.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.6
12.8
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.9
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.9
13.2
13.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
5.3
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.5
14.7
14.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.5
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.5
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.7
9.5
9.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
8.6
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.6
19.1
19.9
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
6.6
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
283
282
247
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6.9
7.6
7.2
-
-
Total income$m
7.5
8.4
7.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 453
27 014
28 984
-
-
Average total income$
26 494
29 660
31 802
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
336
354
330
345
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
84
87
93
93
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
42
51
60
63
Total businessesno.
-
462
492
483
501
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
63
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
18
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
60
81
93
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
51
63
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
66
63
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year