National Regional Profile: Tennant Creek (T) (Statistical Local Area)  
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
77
115
132
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.0
9.0
10.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
312
333
314
73
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 049
943
870
299
-
Taxable income$m
37.9
36.5
34.2
20.4
-
Average taxable income$
36 126
38 745
39 335
68 101
-
Net tax$m
7.1
7.3
6.6
5.9
-
Average net tax$
6 775
7 751
7 597
19 619
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.8
20.0
19.3
28.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 103
1 009
931
948
-
Wage and salary income $m
37.3
36.1
33.2
35.8
-
Total income $m
38.2
36.7
34.5
37.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 818
35 776
35 635
37 708
-
Average total income$
34 651
36 399
37 021
39 474
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.9
55.9
54.8
53.3
-
Females%
44.1
44.1
45.2
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.7
17.5
16.5
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.4
22.8
21.3
20.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.1
22.8
23.5
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.8
23.7
24.0
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
13.2
14.7
15.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
7.2
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
13.5
13.8
14.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.4
10.2
10.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
12.1
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.8
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
18.3
19.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.3
4.2
4.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
10.4
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.3
15.6
16.1
-
Not Stated%
-
5.0
5.4
4.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
67
52
46
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.1
1.9
2.9
-
-
Total income$m
2.3
1.9
3.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 574
36 524
63 944
-
-
Average total income$
34 093
37 144
65 693
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
156
117
96
99
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
30
36
39
42
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
33
36
36
39
Total businessesno.
-
219
189
171
180
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
12
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
21
12
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
42
33
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year