National Regional Profile: Yorke and Lower North (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 415   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 053
5 199
5 661
6 088
-
Taxable individualsno.
17 213
17 155
17 806
17 798
-
Taxable income$m
635.5
639.8
643.2
660.2
-
Average taxable income$
36 920
37 292
36 126
37 096
-
Net tax$m
136.1
141.0
139.0
143.9
-
Average net tax$
7 907
8 222
7 806
8 088
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.0
21.6
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 595
11 850
12 350
12 771
-
Wage and salary income $m
322.3
341.4
372.7
399.2
-
Total income $m
345.9
365.9
399.3
423.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 798
28 809
30 181
31 255
-
Average total income$
29 833
30 877
32 330
33 177
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.9
54.2
54.2
53.9
-
Females%
45.1
45.8
45.8
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.6
19.5
20.1
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.3
18.5
18.4
17.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
25.7
24.6
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
23.4
23.9
24.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.0
12.9
13.0
13.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.4
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.5
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
5.1
5.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.7
15.7
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.2
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.7
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.4
19.8
20.1
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.2
6.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 678
5 325
4 694
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
309.9
266.8
164.8
-
-
Total income$m
290.8
267.2
189.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
54 580
50 108
35 099
-
-
Average total income$
51 208
50 177
40 323
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 012
2 913
2 889
2 925
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 227
1 287
1 386
1 326
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
756
813
867
882
Total businessesno.
-
4 995
5 013
5 142
5 133
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
294
345
405
Employing businessesno.
-
-
174
255
246
Total business entriesno.
-
-
468
600
651
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
387
555
327
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
54
249
Total business exitsno.
-
-
444
609
576
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year