National Regional Profile: Cairns City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 35005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 430
4 094
3 407
3 547
4 795
Unemployment rate%
6.8
6.4
5.1
5.2
7.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
11 306
11 904
12 591
12 799
-
Taxable individualsno.
53 190
55 290
57 844
60 770
-
Taxable income$m
1 828.2
1 979.4
2 222.3
2 426.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 371
35 800
38 419
39 926
-
Net tax$m
396.5
440.3
505.5
550.0
-
Average net tax$
7 454
7 964
8 739
9 050
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
22.2
22.7
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
49 413
51 064
53 247
55 953
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 563.4
1 692.7
1 845.2
2 015.8
-
Total income $m
1 631.3
1 767.3
1 943.9
2 116.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 639
33 148
34 653
36 026
-
Average total income$
33 013
34 610
36 507
37 833
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.5
51.6
51.4
51.6
-
Females%
48.5
48.4
48.6
48.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.6
18.9
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.1
27.4
26.8
26.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
25.2
25.1
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.6
19.9
19.7
19.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.3
9.0
9.5
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.4
8.3
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
14.8
14.7
14.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.2
8.3
8.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.7
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.8
19.8
19.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.4
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.0
13.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.8
7.9
8.1
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.4
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 606
6 430
6 057
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
184.5
189.0
200.7
-
-
Total income$m
202.0
207.6
220.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 929
29 399
33 130
-
-
Average total income$
30 573
32 280
36 443
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
7 914
7 395
7 026
7 197
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 839
2 103
2 514
2 706
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 992
2 241
2 433
2 439
Total businessesno.
-
11 745
11 739
11 973
12 342
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 434
1 392
1 431
Employing businessesno.
-
-
576
723
681
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 010
2 115
2 112
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 827
1 821
1 299
Employing businessesno.
-
-
96
108
507
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 923
1 929
1 806
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year