National Regional Profile: Northern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
5 049
5 627
5 138
3 619
3 549
Unemployment rate%
8.0
8.8
7.8
5.5
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
14 297
14 530
15 119
15 046
-
Taxable individualsno.
53 104
54 602
56 408
57 957
-
Taxable income$m
1 772.9
1 885.4
2 073.9
2 241.0
-
Average taxable income$
33 385
34 531
36 766
38 667
-
Net tax$m
380.3
414.8
460.7
506.4
-
Average net tax$
7 162
7 597
8 168
8 738
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.0
22.2
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
46 201
47 255
48 543
50 094
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 409.2
1 488.6
1 599.8
1 707.5
-
Total income $m
1 489.7
1 568.9
1 702.2
1 810.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 501
31 501
32 957
34 085
-
Average total income$
32 245
33 201
35 065
36 145
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
54.0
53.7
53.4
-
Females%
45.7
46.0
46.3
46.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.9
19.0
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.7
22.3
21.7
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
24.8
24.6
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.0
23.1
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.0
11.6
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.3
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
16.2
16.2
15.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.7
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.5
17.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
7.9
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
10.3
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.6
13.7
13.8
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
8.7
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 544
6 480
6 340
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
189.7
188.1
192.5
-
-
Total income$m
205.2
206.4
215.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 995
29 021
30 363
-
-
Average total income$
31 350
31 850
34 017
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 843
6 789
6 480
6 579
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 935
2 100
2 337
2 409
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 788
1 944
2 073
2 037
Total businessesno.
-
10 566
10 833
10 890
11 025
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 140
942
1 083
Employing businessesno.
-
-
438
507
561
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 578
1 449
1 644
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 143
1 341
921
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
123
390
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 224
1 464
1 311
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year