National Regional Profile: Northern SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 34515   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 609
1 582
1 786
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.6
5.3
5.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 355
6 372
6 628
6 277
-
Taxable individualsno.
21 352
21 658
21 712
22 263
-
Taxable income$m
726.8
773.7
822.3
901.0
-
Average taxable income$
34 037
35 726
37 871
40 470
-
Net tax$m
152.9
167.0
179.8
199.5
-
Average net tax$
7 163
7 709
8 280
8 962
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.6
21.9
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
18 643
18 624
18 835
19 181
-
Wage and salary income $m
581.8
608.5
646.4
692.7
-
Total income $m
608.7
636.8
680.0
732.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 209
32 673
34 318
36 113
-
Average total income$
32 648
34 190
36 103
38 188
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.3
57.2
56.7
56.5
-
Females%
42.7
42.8
43.3
43.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.0
18.9
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
22.9
21.9
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.8
24.6
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.0
21.6
22.0
22.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
11.7
12.5
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.1
6.2
6.1
-
Professionals%
-
12.1
12.0
12.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.7
4.9
5.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.9
13.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.3
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.4
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.9
10.7
10.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.5
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.1
18.8
18.8
-
Not Stated%
-
6.4
6.4
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 247
4 157
3 850
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
119.8
120.6
119.6
-
-
Total income$m
127.1
131.2
130.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 215
29 007
31 072
-
-
Average total income$
29 922
31 571
33 770
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 147
2 964
2 853
3 261
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 143
1 203
1 290
1 239
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
786
849
894
858
Total businessesno.
-
5 076
5 016
5 037
5 358
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
447
447
741
Employing businessesno.
-
-
189
228
339
Total business entriesno.
-
-
636
675
1 080
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
606
522
429
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
42
417
Total business exitsno.
-
-
648
564
846
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year