National Regional Profile: Tiwi Islands (CGC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA74050   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
129
135
111
147
129
Unemployment rate%
13.4
15.9
14.0
18.7
15.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
199
218
238
264
-
Taxable individualsno.
192
215
245
268
-
Taxable income$m
6.3
7.3
8.7
10.0
-
Average taxable income$
32 990
34 006
35 572
37 148
-
Net tax$m
1.1
1.4
1.6
1.9
-
Average net tax$
5 846
6 278
6 571
6 930
-
Average net tax ratio%
17.7
18.5
18.5
18.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
232
247
260
290
-
Wage and salary income $m
6.2
6.8
7.8
9.0
-
Total income $m
6.4
7.2
8.3
9.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 607
27 433
30 099
30 940
-
Average total income$
27 717
29 078
31 957
33 032
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
47.8
48.0
47.9
46.7
-
Females%
52.2
52.0
52.1
53.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
11.6
10.9
11.5
13.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.3
25.8
25.3
24.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
31.0
30.6
29.5
28.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.2
23.8
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
10.5
10.0
10.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
3.6
6.3
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
25.9
24.7
25.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
7.5
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.2
7.5
8.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
0.0
0.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.5
19.2
20.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.0
6.3
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.0
7.8
6.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.5
14.1
15.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
6.7
5.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6
6
10
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
0.2
0.2
0.3
-
-
Total income$m
0.2
0.2
0.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 319
37 636
33 453
-
-
Average total income$
30 260
41 539
35 460
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Total businessesno.
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Total business entriesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Employing businessesno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Total business exitsno.
-
-
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year