National Regional Profile: Carnarvon (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA51540   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
316
243
250
190
177
Unemployment rate%
9.4
6.6
6.8
5.1
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
736
753
739
731
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 495
2 502
2 399
2 388
-
Taxable income$m
86.9
91.6
90.5
95.4
-
Average taxable income$
34 828
36 632
37 712
39 964
-
Net tax$m
17.9
19.3
19.2
20.6
-
Average net tax$
7 171
7 728
8 020
8 606
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.1
21.3
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 067
2 041
1 996
2 016
-
Wage and salary income $m
65.2
66.8
70.2
74.7
-
Total income $m
68.2
69.6
73.2
78.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 533
32 713
35 148
37 073
-
Average total income$
33 009
34 111
36 649
38 775
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
53.2
51.6
52.0
-
Females%
45.8
46.8
48.4
48.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.3
17.2
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.1
25.5
24.0
22.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.0
23.7
24.1
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.2
22.1
23.1
22.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.4
11.4
12.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.1
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
15.0
15.1
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
7.0
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.3
10.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
16.5
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.5
10.5
10.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.5
10.4
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.3
16.8
16.8
-
Not Stated%
-
5.4
5.2
5.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
666
630
520
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
22.2
22.7
16.5
-
-
Total income$m
22.3
22.9
17.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 384
36 017
31 824
-
-
Average total income$
33 514
36 281
33 057
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
510
483
405
393
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
144
141
156
147
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
123
135
150
138
Total businessesno.
-
777
759
711
678
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
96
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
42
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
138
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
117
156
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
15
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
132
171
135
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year