National Regional Profile: South Townsville (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057065   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
110
146
107
103
110
Unemployment rate%
12.0
13.5
9.1
8.3
8.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
192
192
215
206
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 005
1 009
1 101
1 125
-
Taxable income$m
41.7
43.4
51.9
56.9
-
Average taxable income$
41 508
43 034
47 183
50 614
-
Net tax$m
10.4
11.0
13.6
15.2
-
Average net tax$
10 358
10 934
12 391
13 476
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.0
25.4
26.3
26.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
916
912
992
1 017
-
Wage and salary income $m
34.8
36.0
41.1
44.6
-
Total income $m
36.5
37.6
43.5
47.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 022
39 451
41 414
43 866
-
Average total income$
39 813
41 216
43 881
46 431
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
55.3
55.0
55.1
-
Females%
45.6
44.7
45.0
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
20.2
21.0
21.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.5
29.5
27.7
27.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.3
21.4
21.4
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
19.6
19.7
20.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
9.3
10.2
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
9.0
9.2
-
Professionals%
-
22.7
23.0
22.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.5
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.0
8.7
8.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
1.5
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
15.7
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
5.2
5.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.9
7.7
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.3
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
15.4
14.4
14.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
97
88
87
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.7
3.8
4.4
-
-
Total income$m
4.0
4.2
4.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 705
43 602
50 655
-
-
Average total income$
41 697
48 146
56 331
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
132
126
144
117
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
48
54
51
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
75
84
87
90
Total businessesno.
-
252
258
285
258
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
27
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
6
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
45
33
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
21
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
24
30
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year