National Regional Profile: Northern Areas (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435155120   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
125
115
115
71
60
Unemployment rate%
5.5
5.1
5.1
3.1
2.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
546
530
660
691
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 892
1 795
1 890
1 849
-
Taxable income$m
70.7
74.2
71.7
69.2
-
Average taxable income$
37 394
41 362
37 932
37 400
-
Net tax$m
14.7
16.7
16.0
15.3
-
Average net tax$
7 773
9 307
8 471
8 301
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
22.5
22.3
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 190
1 271
1 335
1 385
-
Wage and salary income $m
33.8
37.1
39.7
43.1
-
Total income $m
36.3
39.4
41.8
45.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 408
29 194
29 698
31 102
-
Average total income$
30 527
30 966
31 328
32 640
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.3
55.0
53.7
53.8
-
Females%
43.7
45.0
46.3
46.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.8
20.3
18.9
18.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.9
19.0
20.2
20.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.3
24.1
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
23.0
24.4
25.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
12.5
12.4
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.6
9.2
-
Professionals%
-
16.0
16.2
15.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.7
3.8
4.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.0
14.0
12.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.0
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.0
16.1
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.2
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.8
8.0
8.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.7
17.0
17.8
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.1
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
749
710
557
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
42.5
44.2
18.0
-
-
Total income$m
38.1
39.9
22.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
56 771
62 285
32 350
-
-
Average total income$
50 812
56 265
40 972
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
378
360
372
360
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
129
132
141
126
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
138
159
168
171
Total businessesno.
-
645
651
681
657
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63
36
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
18
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
102
54
60
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
45
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
66
54
81
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year