National Regional Profile: Cook (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805101629   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
80
69
61
63
57
Unemployment rate%
4.3
3.9
3.5
3.6
3.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
266
255
270
265
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 569
1 582
1 589
1 593
-
Taxable income$m
69.6
73.3
78.0
83.8
-
Average taxable income$
44 386
46 363
49 099
52 588
-
Net tax$m
17.5
19.0
20.3
22.0
-
Average net tax$
11 162
12 002
12 754
13 829
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.1
25.9
26.0
26.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 292
1 277
1 283
1 274
-
Wage and salary income $m
53.0
54.7
57.7
61.5
-
Total income $m
56.7
58.4
61.8
65.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 994
42 841
44 936
48 245
-
Average total income$
43 904
45 732
48 154
51 419
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.4
48.6
49.1
49.4
-
Females%
50.6
51.4
50.9
50.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
18.0
17.8
17.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.7
24.1
24.8
24.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.5
21.6
21.3
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
21.8
21.0
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.1
14.5
15.0
15.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
5.7
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
27.3
27.7
28.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
7.0
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.8
3.6
4.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
16.1
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.4
1.6
1.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
7.2
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.9
2.9
3.1
-
Not Stated%
-
27.3
26.4
25.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
92
91
83
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.3
3.1
3.0
-
-
Total income$m
3.9
3.7
3.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 866
34 560
36 137
-
-
Average total income$
42 499
40 912
43 673
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
90
87
78
66
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
18
21
30
30
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
9
9
6
6
Total businessesno.
-
117
117
114
102
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
15
15
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
24
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
24
27
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year