National Regional Profile: Charters Towers (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345152300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
255
314
259
264
285
Unemployment rate%
7.0
8.0
6.3
6.1
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
875
919
953
964
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 035
3 063
3 075
3 091
-
Taxable income$m
112.7
120.0
124.3
131.4
-
Average taxable income$
37 134
39 168
40 414
42 508
-
Net tax$m
25.1
28.0
28.6
30.3
-
Average net tax$
8 268
9 144
9 317
9 800
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
23.3
23.1
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 914
2 940
2 905
2 945
-
Wage and salary income $m
98.2
104.7
108.1
112.8
-
Total income $m
102.8
107.6
112.0
118.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 696
35 610
37 205
38 307
-
Average total income$
35 277
36 589
38 567
40 086
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.1
56.9
56.1
55.5
-
Females%
43.9
43.1
43.9
44.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
20.1
20.3
20.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.3
23.4
22.4
21.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.8
24.3
24.1
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.6
20.8
21.0
21.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.4
12.1
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.6
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
13.9
14.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.6
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.1
13.3
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.1
1.2
1.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.4
14.1
14.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.5
12.7
12.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.4
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.1
18.0
17.8
-
Not Stated%
-
5.4
5.1
4.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
436
402
394
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
15.5
12.0
14.0
-
-
Total income$m
14.5
13.0
14.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 495
29 861
35 524
-
-
Average total income$
33 172
32 349
36 404
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
321
294
252
273
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
78
87
90
87
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
111
114
120
111
Total businessesno.
-
510
495
462
471
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
60
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
21
39
Total business entriesno.
-
-
111
81
75
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
84
78
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
87
87
69
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year