National Regional Profile: Mackay SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 34010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 293
2 385
2 423
2 086
1 538
Unemployment rate%
5.6
5.9
6.0
4.9
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 399
8 669
9 122
8 707
-
Taxable individualsno.
31 845
32 818
33 545
35 197
-
Taxable income$m
1 245.2
1 330.1
1 457.6
1 651.9
-
Average taxable income$
39 101
40 528
43 451
46 932
-
Net tax$m
304.4
329.6
367.9
423.2
-
Average net tax$
9 559
10 042
10 967
12 025
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.4
24.8
25.2
25.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
28 825
29 558
30 495
31 837
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 084.2
1 143.8
1 249.7
1 388.6
-
Total income $m
1 113.4
1 173.8
1 293.9
1 439.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 612
38 696
40 980
43 615
-
Average total income$
38 627
39 711
42 431
45 226
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.5
59.2
58.8
58.8
-
Females%
40.5
40.8
41.2
41.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
19.4
19.3
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.0
23.7
23.3
23.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.6
25.5
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.7
21.7
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.9
9.7
10.3
11.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.4
6.0
-
Professionals%
-
10.6
10.6
10.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
5.5
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.3
14.5
14.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
13.6
13.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
17.6
17.8
18.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
9.1
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.5
15.2
14.9
-
Not Stated%
-
5.9
5.8
5.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 200
4 902
4 318
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
156.7
146.0
137.3
-
-
Total income$m
158.2
156.5
151.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 141
29 788
31 786
-
-
Average total income$
30 433
31 921
35 173
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 644
4 461
4 332
4 620
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 269
1 383
1 569
1 659
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
981
1 122
1 242
1 257
Total businessesno.
-
6 894
6 966
7 143
7 536
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
624
822
1 089
Employing businessesno.
-
-
309
426
606
Total business entriesno.
-
-
933
1 248
1 695
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
891
837
684
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
84
474
Total business exitsno.
-
-
954
921
1 158
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year