National Regional Profile: North Central Plain (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13020   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 027
1 108
1 081
1 007
897
Unemployment rate%
7.0
7.2
6.8
6.2
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 181
3 464
3 486
3 226
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 193
11 289
11 222
11 497
-
Taxable income$m
449.0
433.0
445.7
485.7
-
Average taxable income$
36 825
38 354
39 719
42 249
-
Net tax$m
102.5
103.1
105.3
115.1
-
Average net tax$
8 405
9 129
9 384
10 013
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.8
23.8
23.6
23.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 259
9 710
9 349
9 525
-
Wage and salary income $m
320.3
312.7
312.4
335.9
-
Total income $m
333.4
321.1
324.0
350.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 219
32 207
33 414
35 260
-
Average total income$
32 499
33 068
34 651
36 826
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
55.8
55.4
55.6
-
Females%
43.1
44.2
44.6
44.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.4
19.7
19.2
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
25.0
24.7
24.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.1
24.3
24.4
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.0
19.2
19.5
19.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.8
12.2
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.4
8.3
8.2
-
Professionals%
-
13.8
14.3
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.4
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
9.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.6
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
14.8
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
6.9
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.4
8.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.8
19.1
20.0
-
Not Stated%
-
11.5
10.7
10.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 835
2 185
2 156
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
145.6
120.1
89.5
-
-
Total income$m
140.5
112.5
105.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
51 375
54 983
41 507
-
-
Average total income$
49 557
51 506
48 915
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 634
2 490
2 325
2 358
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
750
801
840
885
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
651
684
708
735
Total businessesno.
-
4 035
3 975
3 873
3 978
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
309
306
363
Employing businessesno.
-
-
102
150
255
Total business entriesno.
-
-
411
456
618
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
426
381
309
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
30
201
Total business exitsno.
-
-
465
411
510
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year