National Regional Profile: Aurukun (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350100250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
24
28
24
20
27
Unemployment rate%
7.0
6.6
5.1
4.1
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
152
148
140
169
-
Taxable individualsno.
315
309
260
329
-
Taxable income$m
9.9
10.1
9.3
12.4
-
Average taxable income$
31 312
32 792
35 700
37 675
-
Net tax$m
1.9
2.0
1.9
2.5
-
Average net tax$
5 953
6 399
7 252
7 740
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.0
19.5
20.3
20.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
280
275
232
285
-
Wage and salary income $m
7.7
7.8
6.9
8.9
-
Total income $m
8.1
8.3
7.3
9.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 436
28 510
29 582
31 248
-
Average total income$
28 947
30 176
31 626
33 297
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
54.7
56.3
57.0
-
Females%
44.6
45.3
43.7
43.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.2
17.8
16.0
15.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.1
26.8
23.4
21.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
23.9
25.5
25.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.4
21.4
22.5
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.1
12.6
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
7.4
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
10.8
10.9
11.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.0
6.5
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
12.6
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
0.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.4
16.5
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.9
6.5
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
7.8
7.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.5
25.7
27.6
-
Not Stated%
-
6.1
6.1
5.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
64
59
54
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.7
1.6
1.6
-
-
Total income$m
1.8
1.7
1.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 777
27 467
29 969
-
-
Average total income$
28 253
29 657
32 756
-
-
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