National Regional Profile: Port Pirie City and Dists (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA46450   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 040
871
912
562
513
Unemployment rate%
13.1
11.3
11.7
7.2
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 693
1 759
1 868
1 864
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 201
6 209
6 268
6 399
-
Taxable income$m
213.4
222.4
226.8
242.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 415
35 814
36 178
37 870
-
Net tax$m
45.5
48.8
49.5
53.1
-
Average net tax$
7 341
7 853
7 900
8 304
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
21.9
21.8
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 314
5 365
5 398
5 606
-
Wage and salary income $m
166.2
175.9
183.7
199.4
-
Total income $m
176.5
183.2
191.6
208.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 268
32 782
34 027
35 562
-
Average total income$
33 215
34 155
35 499
37 236
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.8
57.6
56.5
55.9
-
Females%
42.2
42.4
43.5
44.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.5
17.4
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.8
23.2
21.6
20.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.2
25.1
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.3
23.8
24.6
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.3
11.3
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.3
5.3
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.5
14.1
13.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
6.2
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.3
14.4
14.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.0
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.2
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.8
10.1
10.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.3
12.5
12.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.2
14.1
14.1
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
6.9
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
865
842
708
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
36.0
38.7
21.4
-
-
Total income$m
33.7
36.9
24.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 652
45 976
30 196
-
-
Average total income$
38 960
43 875
33 960
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
582
552
531
504
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
213
228
246
237
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
183
189
192
198
Total businessesno.
-
978
969
969
939
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
87
87
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
48
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
135
135
132
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
117
123
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
18
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
120
141
132
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year