National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
6 005
5 837
6 487
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.7
5.3
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
18 961
19 490
20 664
20 111
-
Taxable individualsno.
82 606
85 424
87 512
91 142
-
Taxable income$m
2 955.4
3 207.6
3 497.6
3 872.4
-
Average taxable income$
35 777
37 549
39 967
42 488
-
Net tax$m
650.2
725.5
803.9
898.3
-
Average net tax$
7 871
8 493
9 186
9 856
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.6
23.0
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
76 871
78 993
81 263
84 451
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 563.2
2 762.2
2 972.8
3 257.6
-
Total income $m
2 672.9
2 880.9
3 122.4
3 426.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 344
34 967
36 582
38 573
-
Average total income$
34 771
36 470
38 424
40 578
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
55.6
55.3
55.0
-
Females%
44.4
44.4
44.7
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.4
21.5
21.8
22.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.5
25.9
25.0
24.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.0
23.9
23.7
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.3
19.4
19.8
19.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.7
9.3
9.7
10.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.8
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.5
14.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.1
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.8
11.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.5
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.3
17.4
17.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.6
7.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.2
11.2
11.5
-
Not Stated%
-
13.5
13.5
12.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
9 678
9 369
8 888
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
277.5
285.0
296.2
-
-
Total income$m
298.6
312.2
325.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 673
30 420
33 324
-
-
Average total income$
30 851
33 326
36 573
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 288
8 727
8 460
8 856
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 820
3 123
3 621
3 816
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 520
2 754
2 934
2 937
Total businessesno.
-
14 628
14 604
15 015
15 609
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 521
1 665
2 016
Employing businessesno.
-
-
669
819
945
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 190
2 484
2 961
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 088
1 995
1 530
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
126
825
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 166
2 121
2 355
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year