National Regional Profile: Slacks Creek (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305304637   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
553
471
422
281
292
Unemployment rate%
7.8
7.2
6.3
4.1
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 046
1 042
1 085
1 080
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 587
5 335
5 454
5 507
-
Taxable income$m
189.8
188.5
202.3
213.2
-
Average taxable income$
33 972
35 324
37 084
38 716
-
Net tax$m
41.8
42.5
45.8
48.0
-
Average net tax$
7 481
7 964
8 406
8 721
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.5
22.7
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 243
4 959
5 105
5 148
-
Wage and salary income $m
165.4
162.8
174.7
184.3
-
Total income $m
172.2
170.5
183.0
192.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 549
32 834
34 222
35 808
-
Average total income$
32 837
34 385
35 850
37 404
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.0
52.4
52.3
52.2
-
Females%
48.0
47.6
47.7
47.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.8
22.8
23.5
22.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.3
22.9
22.6
23.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
19.5
19.1
19.1
19.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.6
23.1
21.8
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
12.1
13.0
14.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.6
8.7
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
12.7
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.6
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.4
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.6
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.1
19.8
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.7
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
11.0
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.7
10.0
10.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
9.6
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
621
564
523
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
16.5
15.5
15.4
-
-
Total income$m
18.0
16.9
16.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 524
27 487
29 456
-
-
Average total income$
29 033
29 948
32 190
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
843
768
717
723
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
243
282
300
309
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
279
303
327
327
Total businessesno.
-
1 365
1 353
1 344
1 359
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
189
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
96
54
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
243
243
183
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
222
210
111
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
57
Total business exitsno.
-
-
228
210
168
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year