National Regional Profile: Unincorp. Far North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435259589   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
166
197
197
131
105
Unemployment rate%
14.4
15.8
15.1
10.1
7.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
310
376
401
285
-
Taxable individualsno.
596
813
815
853
-
Taxable income$m
22.9
32.2
32.7
38.4
-
Average taxable income$
38 434
39 602
40 129
44 975
-
Net tax$m
4.9
7.1
7.1
8.7
-
Average net tax$
8 202
8 725
8 666
10 175
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
22.0
21.6
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
592
787
824
843
-
Wage and salary income $m
20.5
28.9
29.8
34.9
-
Total income $m
21.4
30.0
31.1
36.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 651
36 723
36 204
41 451
-
Average total income$
36 160
38 093
37 697
43 013
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
54.1
53.6
55.9
-
Females%
45.0
45.9
46.4
44.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
16.6
16.8
16.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
25.0
24.5
20.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
25.4
24.9
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.2
23.3
27.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.8
10.6
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.3
7.9
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
16.4
16.2
13.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.6
8.9
9.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.1
9.2
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.1
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
17.9
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
7.9
11.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.0
7.5
7.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.5
15.2
17.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
8.2
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
57
80
73
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.1
2.5
2.2
-
-
Total income$m
2.2
2.7
2.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 795
31 589
30 046
-
-
Average total income$
38 226
33 978
30 389
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
111
78
93
84
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
12
12
12
9
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
18
15
18
21
Total businessesno.
-
141
105
123
114
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
0
15
12
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
6
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
6
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year