National Regional Profile: Byron (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA11350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 112
2 019
1 594
1 905
1 664
Unemployment rate%
16.1
14.3
11.0
13.9
11.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 760
3 853
4 094
4 277
-
Taxable individualsno.
10 651
11 098
11 474
11 884
-
Taxable income$m
337.1
366.4
399.8
443.3
-
Average taxable income$
31 654
33 017
34 843
37 305
-
Net tax$m
72.7
80.7
89.2
101.4
-
Average net tax$
6 824
7 273
7 771
8 532
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
22.0
22.3
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 945
8 226
8 510
8 892
-
Wage and salary income $m
222.1
238.7
252.6
274.8
-
Total income $m
237.2
254.0
271.8
293.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 950
29 017
29 688
30 904
-
Average total income$
29 851
30 879
31 939
33 041
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
49.1
49.1
49.8
-
Females%
49.9
50.9
50.9
50.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
17.9
18.5
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
21.1
20.6
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
24.9
23.8
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.9
26.3
26.4
26.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.8
10.7
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.8
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
20.7
20.6
20.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.4
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
8.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.2
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.4
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.5
4.4
4.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
11.2
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.0
8.9
9.6
-
Not Stated%
-
11.7
11.2
10.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 509
2 421
2 404
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
58.5
61.4
62.0
-
-
Total income$m
66.0
68.6
70.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 299
25 379
25 783
-
-
Average total income$
26 307
28 327
29 164
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 316
2 199
2 070
2 109
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
633
720
831
837
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
435
492
555
522
Total businessesno.
-
3 384
3 411
3 456
3 468
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
438
384
360
Employing businessesno.
-
-
159
156
159
Total business entriesno.
-
-
597
540
519
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
432
504
291
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
51
144
Total business exitsno.
-
-
462
555
435
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year