National Regional Profile: St Lucia (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305031506   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
174
136
140
137
94
Unemployment rate%
3.1
2.5
2.4
2.2
1.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 078
1 115
1 259
1 260
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 809
3 842
3 879
4 319
-
Taxable income$m
192.9
223.8
214.2
247.7
-
Average taxable income$
50 655
58 248
55 212
57 362
-
Net tax$m
56.8
69.8
64.2
74.3
-
Average net tax$
14 899
18 160
16 558
17 197
-
Average net tax ratio%
29.4
31.2
30.0
30.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 298
3 346
3 496
3 926
-
Wage and salary income $m
123.4
132.8
133.4
154.0
-
Total income $m
133.5
146.5
147.3
172.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 400
39 685
38 147
39 234
-
Average total income$
40 475
43 779
42 132
43 821
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.9
52.1
52.8
54.0
-
Females%
48.1
47.9
47.2
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
33.1
33.1
35.9
35.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.8
26.1
25.2
28.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
13.8
13.2
12.8
12.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
15.7
15.6
13.7
12.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.0
12.4
11.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.4
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
39.1
36.0
36.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
4.8
5.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
2.0
2.0
1.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.4
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.8
15.5
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.0
1.5
1.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
9.2
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.0
7.1
8.4
-
Not Stated%
-
14.7
15.0
12.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
250
244
230
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.4
29.6
24.4
-
-
Total income$m
28.0
33.5
29.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
97 400
121 239
105 907
-
-
Average total income$
111 875
137 124
127 105
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
516
519
489
483
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
93
108
114
117
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
57
72
75
78
Total businessesno.
-
666
699
678
678
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
99
114
96
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
30
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
144
138
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
96
93
96
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
102
96
111
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year