National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Central Suburbs (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052065   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
869
815
703
738
1 006
Unemployment rate%
6.8
7.2
6.1
6.3
8.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 025
2 062
2 146
2 158
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 652
9 782
10 011
10 387
-
Taxable income$m
336.4
353.3
392.1
420.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 853
36 112
39 166
40 465
-
Net tax$m
74.7
79.9
91.6
97.2
-
Average net tax$
7 737
8 166
9 148
9 361
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.6
23.4
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 899
8 933
9 157
9 527
-
Wage and salary income $m
283.7
297.6
318.9
344.9
-
Total income $m
296.3
311.2
338.5
362.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 877
33 318
34 830
36 206
-
Average total income$
33 294
34 842
36 967
38 038
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.9
52.0
51.5
51.9
-
Females%
48.1
48.0
48.5
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.3
19.4
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.2
28.6
28.5
28.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
24.2
24.1
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.5
18.9
18.6
18.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.4
9.0
9.4
9.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.3
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
15.8
15.8
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.3
8.5
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
11.0
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.7
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.5
20.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
5.8
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.5
12.3
12.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.6
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 159
1 118
1 016
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
34.9
34.6
35.5
-
-
Total income$m
38.2
37.8
39.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 077
30 925
34 947
-
-
Average total income$
32 982
33 775
38 560
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 536
1 434
1 293
1 335
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
411
456
546
615
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
513
585
645
636
Total businessesno.
-
2 460
2 475
2 484
2 586
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
285
255
252
Employing businessesno.
-
-
129
141
123
Total business entriesno.
-
-
414
396
375
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
300
369
258
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
102
Total business exitsno.
-
-
312
384
360
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year