National Regional Profile: Far North (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
8 338
7 779
6 377
6 423
8 734
Unemployment rate%
7.0
6.6
5.2
5.1
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
25 721
26 144
27 856
27 804
-
Taxable individualsno.
90 948
93 850
98 453
102 555
-
Taxable income$m
3 038.7
3 267.2
3 653.8
3 989.2
-
Average taxable income$
33 411
34 813
37 113
38 898
-
Net tax$m
634.9
700.0
797.7
875.9
-
Average net tax$
6 981
7 459
8 103
8 541
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.4
21.8
22.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
83 030
85 015
89 119
92 620
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 531.9
2 707.8
2 964.1
3 212.6
-
Total income $m
2 644.1
2 835.4
3 127.4
3 392.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 494
31 851
33 260
34 686
-
Average total income$
31 846
33 351
35 092
36 625
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.9
52.9
52.7
52.7
-
Females%
47.1
47.1
47.3
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.6
18.7
18.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.0
25.4
24.9
24.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
25.2
25.0
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.4
20.8
20.9
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.3
9.9
10.5
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
14.1
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.5
7.7
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.7
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.6
18.6
18.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
6.9
7.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.7
11.6
11.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.8
12.8
12.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.1
7.0
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
14 216
13 943
13 268
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
391.7
405.2
414.6
-
-
Total income$m
419.6
434.2
451.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 551
29 060
31 251
-
-
Average total income$
29 514
31 140
34 036
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 430
13 611
12 912
13 146
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 630
3 975
4 584
4 788
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 537
3 945
4 326
4 290
Total businessesno.
-
21 597
21 531
21 822
22 224
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 337
2 424
2 553
Employing businessesno.
-
-
969
1 221
1 203
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3 306
3 645
3 756
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 991
3 159
2 361
Employing businessesno.
-
-
204
216
1 017
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 195
3 375
3 378
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year