National Regional Profile: St Lucia (Statistical Local Area)  
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Economy ECONOMY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter

Unemployed persons no.
140
137
94
53
72
Unemployment rate %
2.4
2.2
1.5
0.8
1.0

TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June

Non-taxable individuals no.
-
-
1 182
1 437
-
Taxable income (non-taxable individuals) $m
-
-
6.5
9.2
-
Average taxable income (non-taxable individuals) $
-
-
5 470
6 389
-

Taxable individuals no.
-
-
4 485
4 460
-
Taxable income (taxable individuals) $m
-
-
280.6
303.5
-
Average taxable income (taxable individuals) $
-
-
62 554
68 039
-

Taxable and non-taxable individuals no.
-
-
5 667
5 897
-
Taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) $m
-
-
287.0
312.6
-
Average taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) $
-
-
50 648
53 016
-

SELECTED GOVERNMENT PENSIONS & ALLOWANCES - at 30 June

Age Pension - Centrelink no.
187
177
168
157
175
Age Pension - DVA no.
np
np
np
np
np
Carers Payment no.
np
np
np
np
np
Disability Support Pension no.
79
87
80
81
81
Newstart Allowance no.
108
95
65
43
47
Parenting Payment - Single no.
20
np
np
np
np
Youth Allowances no.
513
541
522
548
619

Newstart Allowance - more than 365 days %
50.9
54.7
55.4
53.5
48.9

ESTIMATES OF PERSONAL INCOME - year ended 30 June

Average Wage and salary income $
34 725
36 043
38 646
38 773
-
Average Own unincorporated business income $
41 698
38 567
40 539
47 140
-
Average Investment Income $
13 260
13 526
16 652
18 525
-
Average Superannuation and annuity income $
32 934
36 140
40 452
45 155
-
Average other income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) $
3 996
3 875
5 695
4 876
-

Total income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) $m
224.0
253.8
282.8
308.4
-

WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX - year ended 30 June

Males %
51.9
53.0
52.4
51.6
-
Females %
48.1
47.0
47.6
48.4
-

WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE - year ended 30 June

Aged 15 years to 24 years %
37.5
36.6
36.4
37.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years %
22.7
25.5
25.4
26.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years %
12.2
12.1
11.9
11.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years %
13.4
12.1
11.9
11.1
-
Aged 55 years to 64 years %
11.0
10.9
11.3
10.4
-
Aged 65 years and over %
3.2
2.8
3.1
3.4
-

WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION - year ended 30 June

Managers and Administrators %
6.3
6.3
6.7
6.4
-
Professionals %
35.1
35.4
36.3
35.6
-
Associate Professionals %
4.5
4.7
4.5
5.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers %
1.8
1.5
1.6
2.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers %
2.6
2.2
2.0
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers %
15.4
15.3
15.5
15.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers %
1.5
1.7
1.4
1.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers %
9.6
10.5
10.8
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers %
7.3
8.7
8.4
7.9
-
Not Stated %
16.0
13.6
12.7
13.0
-

ESTIMATES OF HOUSEHOLD WEALTH - year ended 30 June

Net worth per household $'000
525.4
-
-
-
-
Aggregate household net worth $m
1 994.8
-
-
-
-
Equivalised net worth $'000
357.4
-
-
-
-
Assets per household $'000
580.8
-
-
-
-
Liabilities per household $'000
55.4
-
-
-
-
Debt to asset ratio %
9.5
-
-
-
-

COUNTS OF BUSINESSES, INCLUDING ENTRIES AND EXITS

Number of Businesses - at 30 June

Non-employing businesses no.
519
489
483
498
-
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees no.
108
114
117
138
-
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees no.
72
75
78
81
-
Total businesses no.
699
678
678
717
-

Business Entries - year ended 30 June

Non-employing business entries no.
99
114
96
87
-
Employing business entries no.
39
30
42
42
-
Total business entries no.
138
144
138
129
-

Business Exits - year ended 30 June

Non-employing business exits no.
96
93
96
81
-
Employing business exits no.
6
3
15
27
-
Total business exits no.
102
96
111
108
-