National Regional Profile: Palm Beach (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103573   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
726
572
508
384
360
Unemployment rate%
10.4
8.2
7.3
5.4
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 564
1 620
1 643
1 641
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 516
5 864
6 092
6 318
-
Taxable income$m
181.2
201.9
224.8
244.4
-
Average taxable income$
32 855
34 428
36 900
38 681
-
Net tax$m
38.7
44.9
50.4
55.6
-
Average net tax$
7 024
7 664
8 279
8 797
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.3
22.4
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 680
4 962
5 138
5 341
-
Wage and salary income $m
140.0
154.4
169.0
184.7
-
Total income $m
148.4
161.8
179.3
194.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 904
31 109
32 889
34 586
-
Average total income$
31 712
32 613
34 886
36 333
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.5
50.5
50.6
50.6
-
Females%
49.5
49.5
49.4
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.4
21.1
22.0
22.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.1
24.4
24.3
23.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.4
22.4
21.7
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.4
21.4
21.0
21.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
10.7
11.1
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.7
9.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.7
15.1
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.8
8.1
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
12.3
12.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.3
19.1
19.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
4.8
4.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.5
13.1
13.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.8
7.5
7.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.6
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
804
808
767
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
21.0
22.7
22.7
-
-
Total income$m
23.1
26.7
25.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 063
28 086
29 654
-
-
Average total income$
28 691
33 048
32 616
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
870
798
825
789
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
198
216
249
264
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
90
114
126
120
Total businessesno.
-
1 158
1 128
1 200
1 173
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
180
204
165
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
78
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
252
282
222
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
225
225
183
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
63
Total business exitsno.
-
-
234
237
246
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year