National Regional Profile: Petrie (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305405974   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
235
204
156
138
141
Unemployment rate%
5.4
4.5
3.5
2.9
2.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
765
772
825
839
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 763
4 001
4 102
4 353
-
Taxable income$m
130.2
143.3
156.3
171.2
-
Average taxable income$
34 605
35 819
38 102
39 322
-
Net tax$m
28.5
32.2
35.2
38.2
-
Average net tax$
7 586
8 050
8 576
8 765
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.5
22.5
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 717
3 856
3 955
4 195
-
Wage and salary income $m
120.0
129.6
140.3
154.2
-
Total income $m
125.3
135.5
146.3
160.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 270
33 612
35 471
36 755
-
Average total income$
33 701
35 151
36 992
38 234
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
52.1
52.6
52.5
-
Females%
47.3
47.9
47.4
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.0
19.1
19.8
20.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.9
22.8
22.7
23.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
26.7
25.4
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.3
22.0
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.6
9.2
10.1
10.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.1
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.0
13.8
13.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
6.9
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
12.0
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.6
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
21.6
21.5
20.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.8
6.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
11.4
11.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.9
7.9
8.0
-
Not Stated%
-
10.0
10.0
10.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
293
321
314
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7.2
8.1
8.7
-
-
Total income$m
7.7
9.0
9.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 501
25 133
27 619
-
-
Average total income$
26 397
27 968
30 101
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
285
312
282
288
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
75
84
108
141
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
51
60
63
69
Total businessesno.
-
411
456
453
498
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
87
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
21
39
Total business entriesno.
-
-
105
108
114
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
99
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
105
72
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year