National Regional Profile: The Gap (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071567   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
416
358
299
235
223
Unemployment rate%
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.3
2.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 820
1 878
1 875
1 895
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 241
8 446
8 518
8 561
-
Taxable income$m
364.7
390.7
413.8
440.7
-
Average taxable income$
44 254
46 259
48 575
51 476
-
Net tax$m
95.3
104.0
110.7
118.0
-
Average net tax$
11 564
12 318
12 999
13 783
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.1
26.6
26.8
26.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 463
7 592
7 525
7 604
-
Wage and salary income $m
300.1
316.0
327.0
345.7
-
Total income $m
317.9
336.9
347.9
366.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 210
41 617
43 457
45 463
-
Average total income$
42 601
44 374
46 237
48 206
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.7
50.7
50.4
51.0
-
Females%
49.3
49.3
49.6
49.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
18.6
19.7
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.8
20.0
19.0
18.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.7
22.5
22.3
22.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.4
24.2
23.8
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.9
14.7
15.3
15.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.9
10.8
11.0
-
Professionals%
-
30.3
30.1
30.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.0
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.7
5.7
6.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.3
18.1
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.6
1.8
1.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.5
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.1
3.2
3.5
-
Not Stated%
-
11.5
11.6
11.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
678
656
630
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
27.9
29.5
31.6
-
-
Total income$m
31.0
33.1
36.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 119
44 968
50 112
-
-
Average total income$
45 774
50 466
57 281
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
837
864
825
834
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
267
303
342
360
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
105
126
132
135
Total businessesno.
-
1 209
1 293
1 299
1 329
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
141
162
150
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
72
63
Total business entriesno.
-
-
201
234
213
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
168
174
144
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
177
189
180
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year