National Regional Profile: Townsville (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA37000   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 845
4 468
3 232
3 123
3 457
Unemployment rate%
8.6
9.0
6.1
5.6
5.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 861
9 092
9 749
9 520
-
Taxable individualsno.
41 726
43 157
44 406
46 513
-
Taxable income$m
1 543.6
1 677.9
1 844.2
2 051.6
-
Average taxable income$
36 994
38 878
41 531
44 108
-
Net tax$m
350.4
391.9
439.1
492.4
-
Average net tax$
8 398
9 081
9 887
10 586
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.4
23.8
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
39 217
40 372
41 742
43 628
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 351.4
1 460.8
1 575.0
1 734.1
-
Total income $m
1 411.2
1 524.0
1 658.4
1 828.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 460
36 183
37 732
39 748
-
Average total income$
35 985
37 748
39 729
41 902
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
55.5
55.2
54.8
-
Females%
44.6
44.5
44.8
45.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.4
22.8
23.4
23.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.2
26.7
25.6
25.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.9
22.6
22.4
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.8
18.7
19.1
19.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.6
9.1
9.5
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
17.4
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.5
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.3
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.6
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
17.0
17.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.8
6.1
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
9.2
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.7
9.1
-
Not Stated%
-
16.5
16.2
15.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 781
3 638
3 456
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
115.6
120.5
126.4
-
-
Total income$m
126.0
133.5
140.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 586
33 133
36 579
-
-
Average total income$
33 315
36 686
40 510
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 815
4 464
4 299
4 278
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 323
1 533
1 845
2 058
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 419
1 557
1 659
1 698
Total businessesno.
-
7 557
7 554
7 803
8 034
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
816
867
927
Employing businessesno.
-
-
372
381
483
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 188
1 248
1 410
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 131
1 098
822
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
66
309
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 158
1 164
1 131
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year