National Regional Profile: Broome (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 545100980   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
642
490
456
359
328
Unemployment rate%
11.8
6.8
5.9
4.6
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 389
1 425
1 236
1 227
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 172
5 424
5 480
5 568
-
Taxable income$m
189.5
209.8
222.8
237.6
-
Average taxable income$
36 638
38 680
40 650
42 667
-
Net tax$m
40.6
46.7
49.9
53.7
-
Average net tax$
7 857
8 605
9 099
9 648
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.2
22.4
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 813
4 938
4 995
5 109
-
Wage and salary income $m
163.1
175.6
184.4
199.0
-
Total income $m
169.3
182.8
192.8
207.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 876
35 564
36 926
38 955
-
Average total income$
35 171
37 012
38 594
40 623
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.1
52.4
52.0
51.8
-
Females%
47.9
47.6
48.0
48.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.2
16.6
17.4
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
33.6
31.5
30.2
29.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
27.2
26.4
26.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.2
17.9
18.6
19.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.0
6.7
7.4
7.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
8.4
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.0
17.1
16.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.1
9.7
10.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.2
13.0
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.1
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
17.0
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.1
8.2
7.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.1
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.1
8.7
9.4
-
Not Stated%
-
5.8
5.6
5.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
655
660
607
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.3
19.8
19.3
-
-
Total income$m
19.5
21.3
21.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 958
30 053
31 861
-
-
Average total income$
29 809
32 212
34 980
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
750
747
681
687
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
159
201
264
276
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
261
291
306
285
Total businessesno.
-
1 170
1 239
1 251
1 248
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
174
168
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
93
75
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
267
243
186
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
183
228
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
192
237
177
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year