National Regional Profile: Petermann-Simpson (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 710403009   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
326
343
250
326
291
Unemployment rate%
21.8
22.1
16.3
21.5
18.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
532
562
571
210
-
Taxable individualsno.
969
891
898
221
-
Taxable income$m
35.1
33.1
33.9
7.9
-
Average taxable income$
36 239
37 200
37 696
35 936
-
Net tax$m
7.3
6.9
7.0
1.5
-
Average net tax$
7 526
7 774
7 786
6 725
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
20.9
20.7
18.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
942
844
914
691
-
Wage and salary income $m
31.5
29.3
30.8
25.2
-
Total income $m
33.0
30.6
32.2
26.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 425
34 722
33 653
36 415
-
Average total income$
34 997
36 299
35 276
38 246
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.4
50.1
49.9
49.3
-
Females%
49.6
49.9
50.1
50.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.2
14.9
16.6
16.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.8
27.3
27.0
24.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
25.5
24.2
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
21.7
21.3
22.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.7
10.9
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.7
9.3
11.2
-
Professionals%
-
20.7
20.5
21.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
10.5
10.2
9.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
6.4
6.1
6.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.3
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
21.1
20.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
4.1
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.7
6.8
7.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.7
12.0
11.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
8.6
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
89
68
58
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.1
2.1
1.8
-
-
Total income$m
3.0
2.4
1.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 387
31 480
31 321
-
-
Average total income$
33 612
34 888
33 565
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
27
24
15
18
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
0
0
3
3
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6
6
6
3
Total businessesno.
-
33
30
24
24
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
3
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
3
6
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
12
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
21
12
6
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year