National Regional Profile: Mackay (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340104765   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
311
380
396
310
232
Unemployment rate%
5.5
6.4
6.5
4.8
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 549
1 541
1 628
1 463
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 994
5 131
5 146
5 527
-
Taxable income$m
180.2
194.1
210.0
247.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 087
37 842
40 801
44 841
-
Net tax$m
40.7
45.1
49.8
60.3
-
Average net tax$
8 143
8 798
9 684
10 917
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.6
23.3
23.7
24.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 307
4 397
4 527
4 790
-
Wage and salary income $m
148.0
158.6
173.9
199.1
-
Total income $m
153.5
164.8
180.6
208.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 367
36 066
38 405
41 560
-
Average total income$
35 637
37 472
39 882
43 487
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.3
59.1
58.7
59.0
-
Females%
40.7
40.9
41.3
41.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.4
18.9
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.6
22.5
21.8
21.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
25.8
26.4
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
22.3
22.3
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.3
10.1
10.7
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.7
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
11.6
11.4
11.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.2
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.1
16.8
16.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.2
14.9
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.1
14.2
15.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
9.9
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.5
13.2
-
Not Stated%
-
5.5
5.6
5.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
928
916
691
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
22.7
24.2
19.9
-
-
Total income$m
25.6
27.2
22.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 440
26 432
28 728
-
-
Average total income$
27 623
29 682
33 098
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
693
669
654
762
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
180
201
225
273
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
51
63
63
69
Total businessesno.
-
924
933
942
1 104
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
120
183
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
36
105
Total business entriesno.
-
-
90
156
288
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
102
84
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
21
69
Total business exitsno.
-
-
105
105
150
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year