National Regional Profile: Carpentaria (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 355052250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
142
183
122
119
126
Unemployment rate%
15.4
17.6
11.0
10.2
10.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
248
260
276
253
-
Taxable individualsno.
658
642
633
649
-
Taxable income$m
24.6
24.6
25.2
27.9
-
Average taxable income$
37 367
38 423
39 881
43 029
-
Net tax$m
4.8
5.0
5.1
5.7
-
Average net tax$
7 355
7 826
8 025
8 716
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.7
20.4
20.1
20.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
687
657
664
647
-
Wage and salary income $m
21.7
21.3
22.3
24.1
-
Total income $m
22.7
22.4
23.8
25.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 589
32 448
33 502
37 311
-
Average total income$
33 035
34 110
35 899
39 815
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.7
53.5
55.0
56.3
-
Females%
44.3
46.5
45.0
43.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
17.2
20.5
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.9
26.3
24.2
25.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.7
25.8
24.5
25.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.5
19.8
19.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
10.2
11.0
11.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.3
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
10.1
11.3
12.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
7.4
8.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.1
11.2
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.8
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
15.6
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.6
10.0
12.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.5
5.1
6.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.2
23.7
21.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.9
7.6
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
122
124
105
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.8
3.0
2.4
-
-
Total income$m
3.8
3.4
2.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 987
24 055
22 823
-
-
Average total income$
31 368
27 753
25 829
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
102
81
81
90
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
45
45
54
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
54
57
54
Total businessesno.
-
192
180
183
198
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6
9
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
12
12
24
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
33
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
39
18
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year