National Regional Profile: Alice Springs (T) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA70200   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 018
792
711
870
842
Unemployment rate%
6.2
5.0
4.6
5.7
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 695
1 842
1 837
2 598
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 850
9 962
9 952
10 979
-
Taxable income$m
376.5
394.1
409.5
468.3
-
Average taxable income$
38 222
39 563
41 145
42 655
-
Net tax$m
83.4
89.4
92.3
105.6
-
Average net tax$
8 465
8 970
9 270
9 617
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.5
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 958
10 006
10 011
11 034
-
Wage and salary income $m
353.9
370.1
382.6
436.8
-
Total income $m
364.2
380.7
396.3
450.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 538
36 988
38 217
39 590
-
Average total income$
36 578
38 048
39 585
40 815
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
50.7
50.5
50.1
-
Females%
49.1
49.3
49.5
49.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.8
19.0
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.7
25.7
24.7
24.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
25.3
25.6
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.3
21.1
21.0
21.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.1
9.6
10.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.2
9.3
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.9
18.6
19.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.8
9.0
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
9.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.3
19.2
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
5.0
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
11.1
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
6.9
7.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
8.7
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
679
637
564
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
21.0
18.3
16.1
-
-
Total income$m
21.4
20.0
18.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 913
28 800
28 576
-
-
Average total income$
31 463
31 422
33 491
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 269
1 206
1 104
1 155
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
273
339
378
399
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
297
321
351
348
Total businessesno.
-
1 839
1 866
1 833
1 902
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
267
243
273
Employing businessesno.
-
-
84
96
87
Total business entriesno.
-
-
351
339
360
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
288
303
174
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
27
84
Total business exitsno.
-
-
294
330
258
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year