National Regional Profile: Far North SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 35010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 908
3 685
2 970
2 876
3 939
Unemployment rate%
7.3
6.8
5.3
5.0
6.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
14 415
14 240
15 265
15 005
-
Taxable individualsno.
37 758
38 559
40 609
41 785
-
Taxable income$m
1 210.5
1 287.8
1 431.5
1 562.9
-
Average taxable income$
32 060
33 398
35 252
37 403
-
Net tax$m
238.4
259.7
292.2
325.9
-
Average net tax$
6 315
6 735
7 196
7 800
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.7
20.2
20.4
20.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
33 617
33 951
35 872
36 667
-
Wage and salary income $m
968.5
1 015.2
1 119.0
1 196.9
-
Total income $m
1 012.9
1 068.0
1 183.5
1 275.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 810
29 901
31 193
32 642
-
Average total income$
30 130
31 458
32 992
34 781
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.9
54.8
54.6
54.3
-
Females%
45.1
45.2
45.4
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.5
18.6
18.4
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.0
22.6
22.0
21.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.3
24.9
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
22.2
22.6
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.8
11.4
12.1
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.5
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.4
13.0
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.7
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
12.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
16.8
16.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
7.7
8.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.5
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.4
20.0
20.3
-
Not Stated%
-
6.4
6.4
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
7 610
7 513
7 211
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
207.2
216.1
214.0
-
-
Total income$m
217.6
226.6
230.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 223
28 769
29 672
-
-
Average total income$
28 594
30 164
32 014
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 516
6 216
5 886
5 949
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 791
1 872
2 070
2 082
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 545
1 704
1 893
1 851
Total businessesno.
-
9 852
9 792
9 849
9 882
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
903
1 032
1 122
Employing businessesno.
-
-
393
498
522
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 296
1 530
1 644
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 164
1 338
1 062
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
108
510
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 272
1 446
1 572
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year