National Regional Profile: Mount Isa (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 355055300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
753
969
763
750
811
Unemployment rate%
6.3
8.2
6.3
5.9
6.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 729
1 629
1 779
1 744
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 781
8 543
8 685
9 172
-
Taxable income$m
378.6
386.9
402.8
454.9
-
Average taxable income$
43 121
45 289
46 379
49 596
-
Net tax$m
90.6
95.4
97.9
113.1
-
Average net tax$
10 320
11 164
11 274
12 329
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.9
24.7
24.3
24.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 126
8 806
8 878
9 366
-
Wage and salary income $m
370.0
373.2
386.3
434.1
-
Total income $m
375.3
381.0
395.6
444.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 545
42 383
43 513
46 347
-
Average total income$
41 128
43 263
44 561
47 447
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.7
58.8
58.8
59.3
-
Females%
41.3
41.2
41.2
40.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
18.8
19.6
21.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.4
29.2
28.3
27.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
25.0
24.7
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.1
17.2
17.6
17.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
9.7
9.9
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.1
6.1
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
12.8
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.1
16.4
16.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.3
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.5
14.3
14.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.2
14.1
14.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.4
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.1
14.2
14.4
-
Not Stated%
-
5.9
5.7
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
511
470
452
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
16.0
16.4
15.3
-
-
Total income$m
17.4
18.2
16.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 396
34 794
33 742
-
-
Average total income$
34 043
38 677
36 159
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
636
570
600
582
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
120
153
207
222
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
165
183
222
222
Total businessesno.
-
921
906
1 029
1 026
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
108
162
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
54
63
Total business entriesno.
-
-
144
216
198
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
135
111
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
141
114
144
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year