National Regional Profile: Gascoyne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 53505   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
506
343
354
272
237
Unemployment rate%
9.6
5.9
6.0
4.6
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 200
1 199
1 193
1 161
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 722
3 789
3 724
3 742
-
Taxable income$m
133.0
140.7
144.4
154.3
-
Average taxable income$
35 744
37 149
38 767
41 235
-
Net tax$m
27.1
29.4
30.5
33.1
-
Average net tax$
7 279
7 764
8 186
8 850
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
20.9
21.1
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 326
3 331
3 292
3 327
-
Wage and salary income $m
105.5
110.3
116.6
124.2
-
Total income $m
110.6
114.9
121.9
131.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 730
33 122
35 419
37 332
-
Average total income$
33 247
34 489
37 024
39 412
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.1
52.8
52.6
52.2
-
Females%
45.9
47.2
47.4
47.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.1
15.4
16.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.3
24.9
24.3
23.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
25.7
25.8
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
22.1
22.9
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.2
10.2
11.6
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
6.7
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.5
14.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.5
7.7
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
12.1
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.0
15.4
15.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
9.2
9.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.5
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.0
15.3
15.2
-
Not Stated%
-
6.9
6.6
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
850
814
714
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
26.7
27.3
21.8
-
-
Total income$m
27.4
27.9
23.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 430
33 574
30 583
-
-
Average total income$
32 267
34 326
32 319
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
717
711
588
567
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
198
195
213
222
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
177
195
216
201
Total businessesno.
-
1 092
1 101
1 017
990
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
111
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
69
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
180
180
144
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
210
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
15
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
165
225
183
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year