National Regional Profile: Cook (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA32500   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
115
123
101
91
124
Unemployment rate%
6.8
6.9
5.4
4.7
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
540
561
897
668
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 309
1 358
1 777
1 283
-
Taxable income$m
46.0
49.2
68.1
51.0
-
Average taxable income$
35 172
36 229
38 309
39 764
-
Net tax$m
9.3
10.2
13.7
10.2
-
Average net tax$
7 108
7 500
7 705
7 979
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
20.7
20.1
20.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 229
1 265
1 679
1 236
-
Wage and salary income $m
39.2
41.1
55.4
41.9
-
Total income $m
40.7
43.0
59.7
45.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 884
32 517
32 994
33 889
-
Average total income$
33 147
34 005
35 539
36 635
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.8
56.2
55.1
55.3
-
Females%
43.2
43.8
44.9
44.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.7
16.4
14.6
13.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.2
26.9
25.1
24.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.8
25.8
25.9
26.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
21.3
24.0
24.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.6
10.4
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
5.8
5.2
-
Professionals%
-
12.2
13.3
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.5
6.5
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.1
13.2
12.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.3
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.3
16.1
16.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.0
9.7
10.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
9.4
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.4
18.9
18.9
-
Not Stated%
-
5.6
5.9
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
211
211
275
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.6
5.8
7.5
-
-
Total income$m
6.0
6.3
8.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 636
27 553
27 239
-
-
Average total income$
28 299
29 708
30 033
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
186
186
159
177
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
57
57
57
69
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
42
51
42
Total businessesno.
-
288
285
267
288
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
42
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
24
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
45
66
69
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
51
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
9
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
36
60
36
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year