National Regional Profile: Karama (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 705051038   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
95
67
64
74
59
Unemployment rate%
3.0
2.4
2.4
2.8
2.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
401
412
427
416
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 336
2 344
2 355
2 377
-
Taxable income$m
91.5
94.6
100.0
108.1
-
Average taxable income$
39 183
40 338
42 454
45 493
-
Net tax$m
20.3
21.3
22.7
25.1
-
Average net tax$
8 709
9 104
9 653
10 580
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.6
22.7
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 287
2 292
2 302
2 365
-
Wage and salary income $m
85.4
87.6
92.1
101.2
-
Total income $m
87.8
90.2
94.9
104.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 342
38 237
40 001
42 794
-
Average total income$
38 395
39 372
41 230
44 140
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.0
51.4
50.6
51.1
-
Females%
49.0
48.6
49.4
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
18.6
18.4
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.1
25.0
24.1
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.0
24.9
24.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
23.1
23.5
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.6
8.3
9.1
9.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
17.0
17.1
16.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.6
9.5
9.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.5
9.3
9.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.7
21.1
20.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.4
5.4
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.5
6.9
7.2
-
Not Stated%
-
11.2
10.6
10.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
206
190
182
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.1
5.3
5.4
-
-
Total income$m
5.5
5.8
5.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 693
27 825
29 680
-
-
Average total income$
26 667
30 439
32 048
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
216
174
159
135
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
18
21
27
30
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
15
15
15
Total businessesno.
-
249
210
201
180
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
42
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
36
45
39
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60
42
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
60
42
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year