National Regional Profile: North Western (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
3 424
3 381
3 195
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.0
5.8
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
12 385
13 834
14 032
13 909
-
Taxable individualsno.
44 315
42 849
43 426
43 987
-
Taxable income$m
1 534.5
1 519.8
1 628.3
1 729.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 626
35 468
37 495
39 320
-
Net tax$m
334.6
339.6
364.3
390.0
-
Average net tax$
7 552
7 925
8 390
8 866
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.3
22.4
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
37 444
36 984
36 875
37 506
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 169.5
1 194.1
1 245.5
1 325.1
-
Total income $m
1 223.1
1 234.8
1 303.6
1 385.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 235
32 287
33 777
35 330
-
Average total income$
32 665
33 387
35 353
36 945
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
53.4
53.4
53.1
-
Females%
45.8
46.6
46.6
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
19.5
19.3
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.2
22.8
22.5
21.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
24.3
24.1
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.0
21.4
21.7
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.9
12.5
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.2
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.6
15.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.8
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.4
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
16.1
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.9
7.2
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.5
15.2
15.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.9
9.2
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
9 459
7 526
7 481
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
326.1
231.0
230.5
-
-
Total income$m
318.7
245.3
256.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 479
30 687
30 814
-
-
Average total income$
33 691
32 596
34 216
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
7 617
7 467
7 032
6 924
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 559
2 772
2 988
3 000
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 097
2 349
2 472
2 445
Total businessesno.
-
12 273
12 588
12 492
12 369
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 227
1 023
960
Employing businessesno.
-
-
477
498
645
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 704
1 521
1 605
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 338
1 389
1 107
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
174
627
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 446
1 563
1 734
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year