National Regional Profile: Gulf (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 710301809   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
41
37
32
39
42
Unemployment rate%
12.7
10.5
9.0
11.1
11.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
85
96
97
1 629
-
Taxable individualsno.
148
250
247
7 229
-
Taxable income$m
5.3
9.6
9.9
331.2
-
Average taxable income$
35 828
38 593
40 171
45 818
-
Net tax$m
1.1
2.1
2.1
77.0
-
Average net tax$
7 121
8 292
8 608
10 650
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.9
21.5
21.4
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
153
244
237
217
-
Wage and salary income $m
4.7
8.6
8.7
8.6
-
Total income $m
5.0
8.9
9.0
8.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 045
35 269
36 723
39 709
-
Average total income$
32 641
36 428
37 966
41 057
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
52.0
50.2
50.7
-
Females%
45.3
48.0
49.8
49.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.1
14.8
15.1
15.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.5
25.6
24.3
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
24.8
23.8
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.4
24.3
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
12.4
12.6
14.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.5
11.2
12.7
-
Professionals%
-
16.9
17.8
17.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.3
9.5
9.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
4.1
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.0
15.3
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
5.0
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.9
5.0
7.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.5
14.5
12.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
7.4
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
15
24
22
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
0.5
0.7
0.6
-
-
Total income$m
0.5
0.8
0.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 843
30 247
26 770
-
-
Average total income$
36 734
34 423
30 161
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Total businessesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Total business entriesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Total business exitsno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year