National Regional Profile: Far North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 43525   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
513
537
539
367
269
Unemployment rate%
10.9
10.0
9.5
6.5
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 417
1 530
1 599
1 414
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 594
4 282
4 236
4 106
-
Taxable income$m
160.7
196.5
203.9
210.3
-
Average taxable income$
44 702
45 887
48 134
51 215
-
Net tax$m
37.5
47.0
49.3
51.9
-
Average net tax$
10 443
10 978
11 641
12 640
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.4
23.9
24.2
24.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 820
4 429
4 453
4 270
-
Wage and salary income $m
155.6
189.1
194.8
198.4
-
Total income $m
159.6
192.8
202.2
207.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 726
42 684
43 740
46 458
-
Average total income$
41 788
43 520
45 413
48 507
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.2
57.0
56.4
56.6
-
Females%
41.8
43.0
43.6
43.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.7
17.0
16.6
17.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.9
28.7
28.2
27.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.5
28.3
27.7
27.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.5
18.1
19.2
20.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.3
7.9
8.2
8.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.7
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
15.0
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.0
9.9
9.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.8
13.0
13.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.1
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.9
14.4
14.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.7
11.4
12.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.0
7.3
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.9
14.0
13.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.3
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
344
371
345
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.2
9.5
9.0
-
-
Total income$m
10.2
10.5
9.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 887
25 611
26 167
-
-
Average total income$
29 645
28 311
26 602
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
309
270
255
231
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
60
60
63
57
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
51
54
63
63
Total businessesno.
-
420
384
381
351
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
48
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
18
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
54
66
48
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
66
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
93
72
84
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year