National Regional Profile: Port Lincoln (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA46300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
566
512
544
409
319
Unemployment rate%
9.8
7.8
7.8
5.9
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 234
1 234
1 354
1 367
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 751
6 038
6 209
6 378
-
Taxable income$m
213.2
241.1
242.4
264.7
-
Average taxable income$
37 071
39 940
39 035
41 504
-
Net tax$m
50.4
60.1
57.1
63.8
-
Average net tax$
8 769
9 962
9 196
9 996
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.7
24.9
23.6
24.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 704
4 944
5 078
5 227
-
Wage and salary income $m
146.9
157.8
167.7
179.0
-
Total income $m
154.9
170.3
177.9
190.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 219
31 912
33 023
34 236
-
Average total income$
32 929
34 453
35 031
36 469
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
54.9
54.2
54.0
-
Females%
44.2
45.1
45.8
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
22.0
22.2
22.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.3
24.0
23.1
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
24.1
24.2
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
20.2
20.0
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.7
10.4
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
13.7
13.8
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.0
10.8
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.2
15.4
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.0
12.8
12.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
11.3
12.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.3
14.6
13.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.2
6.5
6.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
973
965
933
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
44.3
42.6
36.2
-
-
Total income$m
48.1
45.6
40.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
45 489
44 135
38 828
-
-
Average total income$
49 473
47 285
43 155
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
945
945
909
915
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
282
288
351
372
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
294
330
351
360
Total businessesno.
-
1 521
1 563
1 611
1 647
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
132
162
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
93
72
Total business entriesno.
-
-
234
225
234
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
195
129
120
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
9
57
Total business exitsno.
-
-
219
138
177
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year