National Regional Profile: Tasmania   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 6   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
19 400
19 400
15 618
13 937
15 420
Unemployment rate%
8.9
8.8
6.9
6.1
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
49 848
50 744
52 785
52 955
-
Taxable individualsno.
190 053
196 486
202 473
208 825
-
Taxable income$m
6 869.4
7 318.7
7 979.9
8 619.7
-
Average taxable income$
36 145
37 248
39 412
41 277
-
Net tax$m
1 427.3
1 564.0
1 722.9
1 888.7
-
Average net tax$
7 510
7 960
8 509
9 044
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.4
21.6
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
165 640
170 335
175 280
181 524
-
Wage and salary income $m
5 191.7
5 520.1
5 932.8
6 345.9
-
Total income $m
5 479.4
5 817.2
6 296.2
6 708.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 343
32 407
33 847
34 959
-
Average total income$
33 080
34 152
35 921
36 956
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.2
52.9
52.6
52.5
-
Females%
46.8
47.1
47.4
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.4
18.6
18.8
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.6
22.1
21.6
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.0
24.7
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
23.2
23.4
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
11.0
11.5
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.3
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
16.9
16.8
16.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.5
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.8
10.8
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.9
18.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.3
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
10.0
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.3
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
9.1
9.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
23 017
22 594
21 928
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
669.9
675.4
695.1
-
-
Total income$m
733.6
744.5
777.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 107
29 894
31 699
-
-
Average total income$
31 872
32 950
35 474
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
22 716
22 452
21 588
21 759
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
6 348
7 032
8 046
8 385
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
5 985
6 540
7 008
6 990
Total businessesno.
-
35 049
36 024
36 642
37 134
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 831
3 489
3 414
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 521
1 791
1 749
Total business entriesno.
-
-
5 352
5 280
5 163
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 509
4 557
3 330
Employing businessesno.
-
-
276
363
1 302
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 785
4 920
4 632
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year