National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Barron (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052062   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
665
643
551
557
740
Unemployment rate%
6.6
6.2
5.1
5.0
6.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 619
1 741
1 848
1 866
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 781
8 119
8 643
9 082
-
Taxable income$m
267.1
289.1
330.8
361.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 322
35 603
38 269
39 786
-
Net tax$m
58.1
64.6
75.4
82.1
-
Average net tax$
7 471
7 953
8 724
9 043
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.3
22.8
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 164
7 470
7 879
8 279
-
Wage and salary income $m
227.0
246.6
273.1
298.2
-
Total income $m
237.2
257.4
287.9
313.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 679
33 005
34 656
36 019
-
Average total income$
33 103
34 460
36 544
37 818
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
50.5
50.8
50.9
-
Females%
49.1
49.5
49.2
49.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.0
18.3
18.8
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.0
26.5
26.0
25.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.1
24.7
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.6
20.9
20.7
21.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.4
9.2
9.8
10.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.6
8.2
8.3
-
Professionals%
-
16.7
16.4
16.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.4
8.4
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
11.2
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.7
19.8
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
5.9
6.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
12.5
12.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.4
7.7
7.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.5
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 005
983
945
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
27.3
28.6
31.8
-
-
Total income$m
29.8
31.4
34.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 147
29 118
33 692
-
-
Average total income$
29 639
31 971
36 916
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
978
924
897
924
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
165
207
261
330
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
141
171
186
177
Total businessesno.
-
1 284
1 302
1 344
1 431
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
231
189
192
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
66
96
Total business entriesno.
-
-
288
255
288
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
246
222
153
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
255
234
201
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year