National Regional Profile: Palmerston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805406719   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
172
109
98
97
85
Unemployment rate%
5.0
3.1
2.8
2.7
2.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
394
404
435
445
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 945
3 003
3 004
3 057
-
Taxable income$m
127.4
135.4
141.8
153.5
-
Average taxable income$
43 259
45 079
47 220
50 221
-
Net tax$m
32.0
34.9
36.7
39.7
-
Average net tax$
10 874
11 630
12 207
13 000
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.1
25.8
25.9
25.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 790
2 818
2 816
2 859
-
Wage and salary income $m
115.5
121.5
127.3
138.0
-
Total income $m
120.1
126.1
131.1
142.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
41 380
43 128
45 195
48 274
-
Average total income$
43 050
44 753
46 568
49 822
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
49.5
49.5
49.6
-
Females%
49.9
50.5
50.5
50.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.7
17.1
17.2
17.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
33.8
31.8
29.9
28.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
26.5
26.9
27.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.5
17.9
18.6
18.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.0
6.7
7.4
8.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.1
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
21.0
21.7
22.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.8
7.8
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.3
5.2
5.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.7
18.5
18.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
2.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.7
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.6
3.7
3.4
-
Not Stated%
-
24.8
23.9
23.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
203
201
182
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6.3
7.1
6.5
-
-
Total income$m
6.8
7.6
7.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 972
35 108
35 692
-
-
Average total income$
33 621
37 580
38 877
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
213
213
207
174
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
36
48
63
60
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
24
30
30
30
Total businessesno.
-
273
291
300
264
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
12
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
69
45
45
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
72
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
75
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year