National Regional Profile: Lower North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 41510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
531
459
467
317
269
Unemployment rate%
6.0
4.9
4.7
3.2
2.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 203
2 240
2 450
2 749
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 198
7 988
8 361
8 202
-
Taxable income$m
293.4
291.5
294.8
298.4
-
Average taxable income$
35 791
36 488
35 253
36 386
-
Net tax$m
61.9
63.4
62.9
64.5
-
Average net tax$
7 551
7 941
7 519
7 861
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.8
21.3
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 760
5 895
6 044
6 241
-
Wage and salary income $m
160.5
170.8
184.4
196.2
-
Total income $m
170.7
181.4
194.4
204.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 859
28 971
30 512
31 432
-
Average total income$
29 628
30 776
32 167
32 740
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
54.5
54.6
54.5
-
Females%
45.4
45.5
45.4
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
19.8
20.3
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.6
19.6
19.3
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
25.7
24.5
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.5
23.6
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.4
12.4
12.3
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
8.1
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.4
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
4.8
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.7
12.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.5
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.3
14.4
14.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.1
6.6
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.3
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.8
23.1
23.3
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.1
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 677
2 450
2 139
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
135.6
116.2
70.7
-
-
Total income$m
126.5
114.6
79.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
50 651
47 438
33 069
-
-
Average total income$
47 257
46 794
37 359
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 629
1 539
1 479
1 497
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
603
639
690
648
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
453
483
510
528
Total businessesno.
-
2 685
2 661
2 679
2 673
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
165
204
Employing businessesno.
-
-
90
114
135
Total business entriesno.
-
-
228
279
339
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
222
282
183
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
24
150
Total business exitsno.
-
-
255
306
333
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year