National Regional Profile: Kimberley (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 545   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 495
1 330
1 132
1 022
977
Unemployment rate%
11.2
8.2
6.7
6.0
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 789
2 939
2 652
2 465
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 754
9 983
9 963
10 169
-
Taxable income$m
365.7
392.8
412.9
445.3
-
Average taxable income$
37 495
39 345
41 447
43 789
-
Net tax$m
77.6
86.3
91.1
100.1
-
Average net tax$
7 952
8 644
9 139
9 842
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
22.0
22.1
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 364
9 406
9 419
9 543
-
Wage and salary income $m
317.9
338.5
352.0
379.4
-
Total income $m
328.9
350.6
367.5
395.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 946
35 984
37 373
39 760
-
Average total income$
35 119
37 275
39 018
41 402
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.8
52.2
51.9
-
Females%
47.2
47.2
47.8
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.0
15.7
16.2
16.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
32.6
31.3
30.1
29.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
26.5
26.1
25.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.2
19.0
19.6
20.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.1
7.4
8.0
8.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.8
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
17.9
17.9
17.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.1
9.5
10.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.7
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
17.3
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.0
8.3
8.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
8.7
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
10.8
10.9
-
Not Stated%
-
6.2
5.9
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 114
1 088
979
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
35.3
33.9
33.3
-
-
Total income$m
37.5
36.9
37.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 711
31 130
34 007
-
-
Average total income$
33 675
33 943
38 272
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 368
1 299
1 176
1 167
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
312
366
462
474
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
471
513
531
504
Total businessesno.
-
2 151
2 178
2 169
2 145
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
264
261
216
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
132
120
Total business entriesno.
-
-
387
393
336
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
339
369
243
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
21
93
Total business exitsno.
-
-
366
390
336
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year