National Regional Profile: Mareeba (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34850   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
764
695
535
484
647
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.0
6.0
5.3
7.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 711
2 549
2 647
2 592
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 406
6 391
6 570
6 896
-
Taxable income$m
199.1
207.2
226.5
251.9
-
Average taxable income$
31 081
32 414
34 470
36 534
-
Net tax$m
39.0
41.4
46.2
52.1
-
Average net tax$
6 084
6 478
7 030
7 553
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.6
20.0
20.4
20.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 685
5 611
5 726
6 001
-
Wage and salary income $m
158.5
163.2
174.0
190.5
-
Total income $m
165.6
170.7
182.9
201.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 881
29 094
30 393
31 742
-
Average total income$
29 131
30 427
31 934
33 536
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
55.3
53.8
53.5
-
Females%
45.4
44.7
46.2
46.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.2
18.9
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
21.5
20.0
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.7
24.7
24.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
21.7
22.5
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.4
12.9
13.8
14.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.2
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
12.9
13.1
13.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.5
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.7
10.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.4
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
16.8
16.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
6.9
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.8
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.6
20.6
20.9
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
6.9
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 402
1 381
1 345
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
35.8
39.8
40.8
-
-
Total income$m
38.0
39.6
42.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 531
28 832
30 330
-
-
Average total income$
27 072
28 694
31 516
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 185
1 128
1 089
1 101
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
297
306
327
303
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
354
372
408
417
Total businessesno.
-
1 836
1 806
1 824
1 821
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
162
156
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
87
81
Total business entriesno.
-
-
231
249
237
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
213
222
198
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
21
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
231
243
270
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year