National Regional Profile: Northam (T) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA56650   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
317
225
218
200
192
Unemployment rate%
9.8
6.7
6.6
6.0
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
550
542
570
577
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 207
2 158
2 215
2 241
-
Taxable income$m
73.2
74.5
81.0
87.2
-
Average taxable income$
33 165
34 525
36 551
38 895
-
Net tax$m
15.4
16.0
17.5
19.4
-
Average net tax$
6 990
7 435
7 908
8 660
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.5
21.6
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 890
1 851
1 867
1 923
-
Wage and salary income $m
58.2
59.2
63.6
68.6
-
Total income $m
60.4
61.6
66.1
71.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 793
32 004
34 075
35 679
-
Average total income$
31 964
33 291
35 385
37 160
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.4
54.9
54.4
53.5
-
Females%
46.6
45.1
45.6
46.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.7
20.8
20.9
21.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.8
21.1
20.4
20.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.3
24.0
21.9
20.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.4
23.2
24.7
25.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.8
12.2
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.7
5.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.3
13.1
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.6
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.3
13.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.2
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.7
17.6
18.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.8
7.9
8.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.8
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
13.3
13.0
-
Not Stated%
-
10.9
10.6
9.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
341
317
295
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.3
10.4
10.6
-
-
Total income$m
11.0
10.9
10.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 270
32 657
35 884
-
-
Average total income$
32 282
34 541
36 720
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
312
306
273
240
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
84
90
105
111
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
123
132
129
132
Total businessesno.
-
519
528
507
483
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
30
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
12
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
54
42
60
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
48
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
84
51
90
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year