National Regional Profile: Townsville City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 34505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 666
4 292
3 115
3 001
3 315
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.9
6.1
5.6
5.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 554
8 779
9 412
9 213
-
Taxable individualsno.
40 834
42 232
43 475
45 587
-
Taxable income$m
1 512.0
1 644.8
1 807.8
2 013.4
-
Average taxable income$
37 028
38 947
41 582
44 166
-
Net tax$m
343.7
384.9
431.0
483.8
-
Average net tax$
8 417
9 113
9 915
10 613
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.4
23.8
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
38 421
39 547
40 879
42 790
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 326.0
1 433.6
1 544.9
1 703.3
-
Total income $m
1 384.6
1 495.7
1 627.1
1 795.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 511
36 250
37 792
39 807
-
Average total income$
36 037
37 820
39 802
41 966
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
55.5
55.2
54.7
-
Females%
44.6
44.5
44.8
45.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.6
23.0
23.6
24.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.3
26.8
25.7
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.8
22.5
22.4
21.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.7
18.6
19.0
19.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.1
9.4
9.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
17.5
17.4
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.5
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.3
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.6
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
17.0
17.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.7
6.0
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
9.2
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.5
8.5
8.9
-
Not Stated%
-
16.6
16.4
15.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 596
3 473
3 312
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
109.7
115.9
121.7
-
-
Total income$m
120.4
128.7
135.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 506
33 384
36 759
-
-
Average total income$
33 477
37 049
40 848
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 551
4 224
4 074
4 062
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 275
1 482
1 791
1 983
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 398
1 536
1 638
1 671
Total businessesno.
-
7 224
7 242
7 503
7 716
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
771
834
885
Employing businessesno.
-
-
369
372
468
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 140
1 206
1 353
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 077
1 038
786
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
66
297
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 098
1 104
1 083
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year