National Regional Profile: Ashmore-Benowa (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307153502   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
743
563
493
393
362
Unemployment rate%
6.7
5.2
4.6
3.6
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 997
2 065
2 173
2 140
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 176
8 419
8 711
8 892
-
Taxable income$m
301.1
326.6
365.4
390.9
-
Average taxable income$
36 827
38 792
41 950
43 963
-
Net tax$m
72.6
80.9
92.6
99.3
-
Average net tax$
8 878
9 613
10 632
11 173
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.1
24.8
25.3
25.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 052
7 195
7 423
7 585
-
Wage and salary income $m
223.6
238.7
257.3
273.0
-
Total income $m
235.9
253.5
276.6
292.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 709
33 168
34 659
35 990
-
Average total income$
33 454
35 231
37 268
38 563
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.3
50.3
50.4
51.1
-
Females%
49.7
49.7
49.6
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.6
22.2
22.7
23.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.7
25.1
24.7
24.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.9
22.5
22.2
21.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.3
19.2
18.9
18.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.1
11.5
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.9
11.9
12.0
-
Professionals%
-
14.0
14.0
13.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.3
9.2
9.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.3
9.2
9.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.7
3.5
3.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.5
19.8
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.0
4.1
4.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
12.6
13.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.4
6.7
7.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
9.0
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 083
1 080
1 042
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
31.7
33.5
34.1
-
-
Total income$m
35.6
37.3
38.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 285
30 996
32 766
-
-
Average total income$
32 850
34 525
36 892
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 596
1 521
1 494
1 584
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
537
612
669
723
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
282
330
369
372
Total businessesno.
-
2 415
2 463
2 532
2 679
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
378
324
315
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
126
195
Total business entriesno.
-
-
486
450
510
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
411
396
312
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
21
105
Total business exitsno.
-
-
432
417
417
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year