National Regional Profile: Greater Launceston (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 805
4 242
3 856
2 709
2 702
Unemployment rate%
8.1
8.8
7.8
5.5
5.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 037
10 175
10 590
10 423
-
Taxable individualsno.
40 020
41 217
42 578
43 877
-
Taxable income$m
1 356.5
1 452.7
1 595.3
1 733.7
-
Average taxable income$
33 896
35 244
37 468
39 513
-
Net tax$m
296.2
324.9
360.3
398.3
-
Average net tax$
7 400
7 883
8 463
9 077
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.4
22.6
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
35 451
36 183
37 270
38 522
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 104.3
1 165.1
1 257.3
1 346.1
-
Total income $m
1 167.0
1 228.7
1 335.0
1 428.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 151
32 200
33 735
34 945
-
Average total income$
32 920
33 959
35 820
37 092
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.6
53.5
53.1
52.8
-
Females%
46.4
46.5
46.9
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
19.0
19.1
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
23.0
22.5
21.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
24.6
24.5
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.7
22.6
22.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.7
11.3
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.2
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.3
17.2
16.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.3
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.8
10.7
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
18.3
18.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.1
7.2
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.8
11.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.6
11.8
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.0
8.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 801
3 758
3 705
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
105.2
113.2
117.4
-
-
Total income$m
118.9
126.0
133.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 676
30 129
31 678
-
-
Average total income$
31 287
33 538
36 064
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 329
4 269
4 065
4 089
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 281
1 404
1 581
1 674
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 233
1 365
1 443
1 431
Total businessesno.
-
6 843
7 038
7 089
7 194
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
783
648
663
Employing businessesno.
-
-
333
342
345
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 116
990
1 008
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
795
942
585
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
75
222
Total business exitsno.
-
-
852
1 017
807
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year