National Regional Profile: Weipa (T) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA37300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
41
57
45
50
73
Unemployment rate%
2.5
4.0
3.2
3.5
5.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
165
149
170
218
-
Taxable individualsno.
660
698
786
983
-
Taxable income$m
28.8
32.8
38.9
52.9
-
Average taxable income$
43 714
46 994
49 495
53 844
-
Net tax$m
6.4
7.7
9.2
12.9
-
Average net tax$
9 697
11 013
11 656
13 111
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
23.4
23.6
24.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
691
738
825
1 019
-
Wage and salary income $m
27.9
31.8
37.1
49.7
-
Total income $m
28.4
32.5
38.6
51.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 301
43 120
44 961
48 797
-
Average total income$
41 048
44 028
46 772
50 683
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.7
60.8
60.3
59.1
-
Females%
40.3
39.2
39.7
40.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
13.9
12.9
14.0
15.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.2
26.8
27.5
26.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
31.5
30.5
28.9
28.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
21.8
21.5
20.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.8
8.0
8.1
8.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.6
4.3
3.9
-
Professionals%
-
14.8
14.1
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.2
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
21.5
21.1
20.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.8
1.6
0.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.2
13.4
13.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
17.1
17.1
19.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.9
6.7
6.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.3
10.0
10.5
-
Not Stated%
-
4.6
4.5
4.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
46
37
41
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.2
1.1
1.4
-
-
Total income$m
1.3
1.1
1.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 579
28 802
34 041
-
-
Average total income$
29 495
30 577
39 184
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
78
63
75
81
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
24
27
24
30
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
21
24
36
33
Total businessesno.
-
123
114
135
144
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
36
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
12
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
30
48
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
12
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
18
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year