National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - City (Statistical Local Area)  
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
588
579
510
535
729
Unemployment rate%
11.4
13.0
11.6
11.8
16.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
867
921
983
1 017
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 133
4 369
4 584
4 898
-
Taxable income$m
144.0
157.8
179.5
198.2
-
Average taxable income$
34 852
36 112
39 165
40 462
-
Net tax$m
32.0
35.7
41.9
45.8
-
Average net tax$
7 737
8 166
9 148
9 360
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.6
23.4
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 811
3 990
4 193
4 492
-
Wage and salary income $m
121.5
132.9
146.0
162.7
-
Total income $m
126.9
139.0
155.0
170.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 873
33 318
34 829
36 208
-
Average total income$
33 290
34 842
36 966
38 039
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.9
52.0
51.5
51.9
-
Females%
48.1
48.0
48.5
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
19.3
19.4
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.2
28.6
28.5
28.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
24.2
24.0
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.5
18.9
18.6
18.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.4
9.0
9.4
9.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.3
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
15.8
15.8
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.3
8.5
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
11.0
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.7
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.5
20.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
5.8
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.5
12.4
12.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.5
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
496
499
465
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.9
15.4
16.3
-
-
Total income$m
16.4
16.9
17.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 094
30 948
34 963
-
-
Average total income$
33 001
33 799
38 577
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 554
1 464
1 410
1 407
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
405
441
528
540
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
684
765
822
828
Total businessesno.
-
2 643
2 670
2 760
2 775
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
216
225
240
Employing businessesno.
-
-
129
207
156
Total business entriesno.
-
-
345
432
396
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
327
306
210
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
27
138
Total business exitsno.
-
-
351
333
348
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year