National Regional Profile: Burnie (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA60610   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
919
1 015
730
691
924
Unemployment rate%
10.5
12.2
8.7
7.9
9.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 099
2 138
2 205
2 240
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 163
7 453
7 664
8 008
-
Taxable income$m
243.3
259.4
286.9
307.0
-
Average taxable income$
33 965
34 799
37 434
38 340
-
Net tax$m
53.2
57.8
65.4
69.0
-
Average net tax$
7 429
7 756
8 528
8 610
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.3
22.8
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 482
6 729
6 904
7 290
-
Wage and salary income $m
203.6
218.5
236.5
256.5
-
Total income $m
215.0
229.1
251.2
270.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 406
32 467
34 251
35 184
-
Average total income$
33 173
34 045
36 392
37 057
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
55.6
55.6
55.6
-
Females%
45.0
44.4
44.4
44.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.8
20.4
20.1
20.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.4
21.2
21.2
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.7
24.9
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.6
22.9
22.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.1
10.9
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.4
5.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.7
13.6
13.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.4
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.6
13.6
14.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.0
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.6
18.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.3
10.2
9.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
10.4
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.6
12.9
13.3
-
Not Stated%
-
6.7
6.9
6.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
723
663
658
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
19.0
18.2
19.0
-
-
Total income$m
21.2
20.5
21.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 304
27 441
28 921
-
-
Average total income$
29 317
30 971
32 439
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
759
735
726
729
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
252
297
333
324
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
246
267
288
285
Total businessesno.
-
1 257
1 299
1 347
1 338
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
108
120
105
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
48
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
156
168
150
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
183
171
114
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
3
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
195
174
147
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year