National Regional Profile: Lawnton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305405973   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
168
223
169
157
176
Unemployment rate%
5.4
7.7
6.1
5.3
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
534
524
575
520
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 261
2 328
2 466
2 576
-
Taxable income$m
74.3
77.8
87.2
95.8
-
Average taxable income$
32 879
33 436
35 378
37 179
-
Net tax$m
15.5
16.5
18.6
20.4
-
Average net tax$
6 872
7 078
7 547
7 936
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.2
21.3
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 147
2 163
2 309
2 393
-
Wage and salary income $m
65.7
68.7
75.8
82.5
-
Total income $m
68.7
71.2
78.4
86.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 619
31 744
32 805
34 477
-
Average total income$
31 978
32 924
33 949
36 115
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
54.3
53.2
53.2
-
Females%
44.8
45.7
46.8
46.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.6
21.5
22.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.7
26.1
26.3
24.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.1
22.8
21.7
22.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.0
20.0
19.2
18.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.3
11.5
11.4
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.7
5.5
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.5
12.0
11.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.9
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.1
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.4
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.3
19.5
20.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.0
9.9
9.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.5
11.7
11.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.8
11.2
11.0
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
9.8
10.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
210
213
206
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.7
5.1
6.0
-
-
Total income$m
5.7
5.7
7.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 172
24 108
29 007
-
-
Average total income$
27 228
26 740
35 259
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
330
309
261
270
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96
126
123
123
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
69
72
78
72
Total businessesno.
-
495
507
462
465
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
57
66
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
21
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
84
78
96
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
75
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
90
78
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year