National Regional Profile: Cardwell (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350102200   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
231
219
190
201
332
Unemployment rate%
4.6
3.9
3.2
3.3
5.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 426
1 367
1 439
1 358
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 149
4 342
4 455
4 548
-
Taxable income$m
128.1
143.0
153.9
168.3
-
Average taxable income$
30 868
32 943
34 557
37 015
-
Net tax$m
25.1
29.1
31.5
35.4
-
Average net tax$
6 040
6 697
7 076
7 786
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.6
20.3
20.5
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 684
3 778
3 906
3 889
-
Wage and salary income $m
102.5
110.2
118.6
123.9
-
Total income $m
107.0
115.3
124.6
131.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 810
29 171
30 357
31 846
-
Average total income$
29 047
30 509
31 887
33 716
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.4
58.0
57.9
57.3
-
Females%
41.6
42.0
42.1
42.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.8
20.3
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.4
22.1
21.3
20.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
24.8
23.1
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
22.1
22.8
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.2
12.5
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.8
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
9.6
9.4
10.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.1
4.2
4.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.8
9.7
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.0
13.5
13.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
8.8
9.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.5
7.6
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
32.6
31.2
30.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.4
7.9
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
849
853
768
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.0
26.9
22.3
-
-
Total income$m
23.9
28.3
24.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 124
31 558
28 992
-
-
Average total income$
28 097
33 184
32 118
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
705
687
675
693
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
213
219
240
234
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
228
249
276
249
Total businessesno.
-
1 146
1 155
1 191
1 176
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
123
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
60
69
Total business entriesno.
-
-
177
183
216
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
138
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
153
204
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year