National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Northern Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052072   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
370
329
278
280
372
Unemployment rate%
4.8
4.2
3.3
3.3
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 391
1 486
1 557
1 569
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 179
6 623
7 025
7 262
-
Taxable income$m
215.8
244.5
277.2
300.0
-
Average taxable income$
34 920
36 915
39 457
41 315
-
Net tax$m
47.3
55.9
64.5
69.6
-
Average net tax$
7 656
8 440
9 175
9 578
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.9
23.3
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 672
6 040
6 328
6 513
-
Wage and salary income $m
182.7
206.9
226.3
241.3
-
Total income $m
191.1
216.7
237.1
254.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 217
34 258
35 758
37 047
-
Average total income$
33 687
35 872
37 470
39 084
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.8
50.0
50.4
50.0
-
Females%
50.2
50.0
49.6
50.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.3
16.7
16.9
17.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
22.5
22.7
21.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.9
27.5
26.8
26.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
23.4
23.0
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.9
9.8
10.6
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.6
9.4
9.6
-
Professionals%
-
17.1
17.1
16.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.6
9.8
10.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.0
10.4
10.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.7
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.3
18.3
18.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.9
5.0
4.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.7
12.8
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.8
6.9
7.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.0
7.4
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
879
837
824
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
22.9
23.6
26.6
-
-
Total income$m
24.6
26.8
29.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 067
28 199
32 328
-
-
Average total income$
28 019
31 990
35 182
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
984
951
915
948
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
225
273
303
315
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
150
171
186
183
Total businessesno.
-
1 359
1 395
1 404
1 446
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
189
156
165
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
78
105
Total business entriesno.
-
-
258
234
270
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
279
267
162
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
21
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
291
288
198
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year