National Regional Profile: Darwin (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA71000   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 546
5 624
5 668
5 617
-
Taxable individualsno.
32 746
33 329
34 207
35 530
-
Taxable income$m
1 325.8
1 398.5
1 534.4
1 692.1
-
Average taxable income$
40 489
41 960
44 857
47 623
-
Net tax$m
305.5
330.1
368.7
412.0
-
Average net tax$
9 330
9 904
10 778
11 596
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.6
24.0
24.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
31 330
31 678
32 374
33 735
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 193.0
1 252.9
1 347.0
1 495.4
-
Total income $m
1 236.8
1 293.9
1 398.3
1 552.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 080
39 550
41 606
44 329
-
Average total income$
39 475
40 847
43 191
46 009
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.5
52.6
52.6
52.7
-
Females%
47.5
47.4
47.4
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.5
19.0
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.9
27.9
27.2
26.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.5
23.1
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
20.8
20.7
20.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.2
10.0
10.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.7
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
19.6
20.0
19.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.6
8.5
8.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.6
8.3
8.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.2
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
18.9
18.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.7
4.8
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
8.9
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.8
5.8
6.4
-
Not Stated%
-
13.8
13.9
13.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 990
2 835
2 625
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
83.2
86.0
86.1
-
-
Total income$m
90.6
94.5
94.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 833
30 322
32 807
-
-
Average total income$
30 297
33 333
36 047
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 056
3 804
3 501
3 459
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
858
960
1 158
1 248
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
912
1 029
1 110
1 071
Total businessesno.
-
5 826
5 793
5 769
5 778
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
672
717
684
Employing businessesno.
-
-
201
279
324
Total business entriesno.
-
-
873
996
1 008
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
984
951
630
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
36
222
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 008
987
852
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year