National Regional Profile: Livingstone (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 085
1 108
1 050
833
637
Unemployment rate%
9.3
8.9
8.1
6.1
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 317
3 421
3 629
3 583
-
Taxable individualsno.
10 933
11 400
12 099
13 077
-
Taxable income$m
389.4
421.6
484.2
561.9
-
Average taxable income$
35 614
36 980
40 018
42 972
-
Net tax$m
88.0
97.8
114.4
134.7
-
Average net tax$
8 045
8 576
9 459
10 302
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.6
23.2
23.6
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 519
9 904
10 494
11 342
-
Wage and salary income $m
308.0
336.2
375.3
430.8
-
Total income $m
323.2
353.0
396.3
453.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 352
33 944
35 763
37 981
-
Average total income$
33 957
35 641
37 768
39 997
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
53.9
53.8
54.6
-
Females%
45.8
46.1
46.2
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
19.0
18.9
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.4
19.9
19.2
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.5
25.6
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
23.6
23.9
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
11.9
12.4
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
16.4
16.1
15.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.3
12.4
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.4
18.2
18.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.6
7.9
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.8
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.3
11.8
11.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
8.4
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 849
1 774
1 764
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
64.0
58.0
65.3
-
-
Total income$m
65.3
62.6
70.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 629
32 681
37 035
-
-
Average total income$
35 322
35 270
39 657
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 404
1 335
1 323
1 341
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
381
447
510
564
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
318
348
402
411
Total businessesno.
-
2 103
2 130
2 235
2 316
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
246
219
282
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
123
129
Total business entriesno.
-
-
369
342
411
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
234
264
222
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
108
Total business exitsno.
-
-
237
270
330
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year