National Regional Profile: Central North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
703
781
729
490
455
Unemployment rate%
7.2
7.9
7.2
4.8
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 450
2 480
2 576
2 633
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 918
8 073
8 365
8 556
-
Taxable income$m
256.8
267.2
293.7
317.5
-
Average taxable income$
32 432
33 103
35 105
37 108
-
Net tax$m
53.0
56.8
63.1
69.4
-
Average net tax$
6 696
7 036
7 541
8 112
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.3
21.5
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 563
6 733
6 847
7 120
-
Wage and salary income $m
188.8
200.4
214.1
229.1
-
Total income $m
199.5
210.6
226.3
242.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 766
29 768
31 275
32 183
-
Average total income$
30 391
31 271
33 050
34 000
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.5
55.7
56.1
55.7
-
Females%
43.5
44.3
43.9
44.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.7
18.4
18.0
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.8
20.1
19.1
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.4
25.4
24.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
24.7
25.4
25.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
11.4
12.0
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.7
7.4
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.6
13.7
13.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
5.0
5.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.2
11.4
12.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
16.4
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
9.5
9.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.4
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.8
18.6
18.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
7.9
7.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 664
1 630
1 560
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
52.0
46.7
44.7
-
-
Total income$m
52.9
49.7
49.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 268
28 651
28 686
-
-
Average total income$
31 766
30 475
31 646
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 416
1 455
1 422
1 515
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
372
393
426
426
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
294
300
330
315
Total businessesno.
-
2 082
2 148
2 178
2 256
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
201
186
270
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
75
144
Total business entriesno.
-
-
261
261
414
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
180
195
177
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
21
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
192
216
273
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year