National Regional Profile: Northam (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525106720   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
149
120
124
113
90
Unemployment rate%
8.7
6.7
6.9
6.3
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
455
444
465
477
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 533
1 524
1 602
1 695
-
Taxable income$m
51.3
52.6
60.4
67.8
-
Average taxable income$
33 447
34 486
37 672
40 010
-
Net tax$m
10.9
11.3
13.5
15.4
-
Average net tax$
7 091
7 419
8 405
9 084
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
21.5
22.3
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 334
1 320
1 376
1 481
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.3
42.3
47.4
54.3
-
Total income $m
43.4
43.9
49.0
56.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 964
32 060
34 412
36 677
-
Average total income$
32 529
33 287
35 584
38 129
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
55.7
55.1
54.4
-
Females%
44.8
44.3
44.9
45.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
18.1
18.5
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.5
18.1
18.2
17.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
26.3
23.9
22.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.1
26.1
26.3
26.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
11.4
13.1
14.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.4
4.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.5
11.7
11.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.9
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.7
13.0
13.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
16.4
17.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.1
9.3
10.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
8.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.2
16.3
16.4
-
Not Stated%
-
11.4
10.9
10.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
255
255
239
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6.5
7.0
8.5
-
-
Total income$m
7.2
7.6
9.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 523
27 405
35 695
-
-
Average total income$
28 107
29 721
38 829
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
231
225
195
192
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
39
42
51
57
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
21
24
30
33
Total businessesno.
-
291
291
276
282
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
18
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
33
27
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
39
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
60
39
36
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year