National Regional Profile: Fortescue (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 54010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
515
315
304
296
289
Unemployment rate%
3.9
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 807
1 858
1 938
1 944
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 603
10 222
10 715
10 880
-
Taxable income$m
492.5
560.1
629.0
653.7
-
Average taxable income$
51 291
54 789
58 707
60 085
-
Net tax$m
134.0
158.5
180.3
183.2
-
Average net tax$
13 951
15 504
16 830
16 837
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.2
28.3
28.7
28.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 861
10 500
11 020
11 297
-
Wage and salary income $m
471.8
538.7
605.7
629.3
-
Total income $m
479.2
546.3
613.3
638.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
47 844
51 301
54 963
55 700
-
Average total income$
48 594
52 029
55 650
56 523
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.0
59.9
59.1
58.2
-
Females%
41.0
40.1
40.9
41.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.1
16.2
16.7
16.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.2
29.2
28.6
28.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.8
28.9
28.1
27.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.7
18.8
19.2
19.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.2
6.9
7.3
7.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.3
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
13.2
12.8
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.9
7.9
7.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
19.0
18.4
17.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.5
12.8
13.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
15.4
15.9
15.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.6
7.3
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.8
11.5
11.7
-
Not Stated%
-
6.3
6.3
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
691
595
515
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.7
23.0
22.0
-
-
Total income$m
26.7
24.8
24.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 758
38 609
42 713
-
-
Average total income$
38 696
41 764
47 038
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
924
807
768
786
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
183
207
258
261
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
213
234
240
240
Total businessesno.
-
1 320
1 248
1 266
1 287
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
177
195
207
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
90
87
Total business entriesno.
-
-
213
285
294
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
267
285
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
75
Total business exitsno.
-
-
276
297
255
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year