National Regional Profile: Palmerston (C) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 705102824   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
107
122
130
60
-
Taxable individualsno.
775
801
814
63
-
Taxable income$m
28.9
30.7
33.5
2.3
-
Average taxable income$
37 284
38 348
41 150
35 768
-
Net tax$m
6.1
6.6
7.3
0.4
-
Average net tax$
7 839
8 210
9 018
6 697
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.4
21.9
18.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
772
798
812
856
-
Wage and salary income $m
28.0
29.5
32.3
36.5
-
Total income $m
28.6
30.2
32.9
37.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 227
36 947
39 725
42 700
-
Average total income$
37 043
37 816
40 557
43 805
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.9
57.2
56.2
56.0
-
Females%
42.1
42.8
43.8
44.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
24.1
23.7
22.7
22.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
33.3
32.4
32.0
30.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
25.1
25.3
26.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
13.1
13.9
14.7
15.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
4.4
4.9
5.3
5.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
5.9
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
10.1
10.0
10.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.5
7.9
8.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.7
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.1
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.5
18.2
18.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.8
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
10.0
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.5
6.6
6.9
-
Not Stated%
-
24.5
21.8
20.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
57
53
50
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.5
1.5
1.5
-
-
Total income$m
1.6
1.6
1.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 232
27 856
29 811
-
-
Average total income$
28 141
29 657
32 029
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
186
141
141
141
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
60
66
75
87
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
57
63
75
81
Total businessesno.
-
303
270
291
309
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
30
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
48
39
66
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
45
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
39
51
36
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year