National Regional Profile: Mitchell (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24850   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
760
635
579
701
830
Unemployment rate%
5.7
4.5
4.0
4.8
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 543
2 804
3 016
3 036
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 595
11 964
12 643
13 193
-
Taxable income$m
406.9
435.1
482.3
529.1
-
Average taxable income$
35 089
36 366
38 147
40 107
-
Net tax$m
89.3
98.0
109.0
119.5
-
Average net tax$
7 703
8 195
8 619
9 056
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.5
22.6
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 765
11 379
11 747
12 233
-
Wage and salary income $m
354.1
388.2
423.4
460.0
-
Total income $m
370.8
404.3
440.6
481.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 897
34 120
36 040
37 607
-
Average total income$
34 443
35 534
37 510
39 373
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
55.3
55.0
54.5
-
Females%
44.8
44.7
45.0
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.5
17.2
17.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
23.7
23.1
21.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.3
27.2
27.6
27.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
22.3
22.1
22.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.7
9.3
10.0
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
8.1
8.0
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
12.5
12.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
5.9
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.1
14.1
14.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.6
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
15.8
15.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.7
9.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.8
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.2
11.1
11.4
-
Not Stated%
-
12.2
12.3
11.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 264
1 233
1 192
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
30.0
29.0
28.3
-
-
Total income$m
32.6
31.8
30.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 713
23 531
23 703
-
-
Average total income$
25 805
25 776
25 884
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 635
1 503
1 428
1 392
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
519
555
633
669
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
225
261
291
276
Total businessesno.
-
2 379
2 319
2 352
2 337
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
327
210
243
Employing businessesno.
-
-
75
105
117
Total business entriesno.
-
-
402
315
360
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
324
342
267
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
99
Total business exitsno.
-
-
345
360
366
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year