National Regional Profile: North West (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 355   
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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.
3 139
3 100
3 315
3 243
-
Taxable individualsno.
13 310
13 003
13 050
13 674
-
Taxable income$m
557.8
566.6
585.3
654.0
-
Average taxable income$
41 910
43 573
44 848
47 830
-
Net tax$m
129.3
134.8
137.3
157.0
-
Average net tax$
9 716
10 369
10 518
11 482
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.2
23.8
23.5
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
13 466
13 080
13 137
13 643
-
Wage and salary income $m
516.7
522.6
539.3
597.2
-
Total income $m
526.5
534.1
551.3
613.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 369
39 957
41 054
43 773
-
Average total income$
39 097
40 835
41 966
44 953
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.3
58.3
58.3
58.7
-
Females%
41.7
41.7
41.7
41.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.7
19.5
20.0
21.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.4
29.0
28.0
27.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.7
24.2
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.2
17.3
17.8
17.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
9.6
10.1
10.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.5
6.1
-
Professionals%
-
11.8
12.2
11.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
6.6
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.4
14.7
14.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.3
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.2
14.1
14.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.8
13.9
14.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
7.7
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.3
17.4
17.3
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
5.5
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 514
1 352
1 248
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
64.2
51.0
44.8
-
-
Total income$m
60.1
51.9
48.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
42 378
37 728
35 878
-
-
Average total income$
39 715
38 381
38 488
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 473
1 353
1 368
1 341
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
405
447
507
540
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
399
441
483
492
Total businessesno.
-
2 277
2 241
2 358
2 373
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
204
279
249
Employing businessesno.
-
-
87
108
135
Total business entriesno.
-
-
291
387
384
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
312
273
231
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
27
81
Total business exitsno.
-
-
336
300
312
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year