National Regional Profile: Harvey (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA53990   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
396
321
313
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
4.0
3.1
2.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 003
2 017
2 209
2 195
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 208
8 411
8 986
9 451
-
Taxable income$m
302.4
320.1
364.7
417.9
-
Average taxable income$
36 841
38 061
40 587
44 218
-
Net tax$m
69.5
75.5
86.5
101.9
-
Average net tax$
8 465
8 977
9 631
10 785
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.6
23.7
24.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 358
7 638
7 953
8 347
-
Wage and salary income $m
247.5
268.3
296.7
334.7
-
Total income $m
256.6
278.8
307.5
350.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 640
35 132
37 304
40 100
-
Average total income$
34 879
36 499
38 665
41 954
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.8
56.3
56.2
56.4
-
Females%
43.2
43.7
43.8
43.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
20.7
20.8
21.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.3
19.3
19.0
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.8
27.0
26.6
26.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.6
23.0
23.0
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.2
10.0
10.5
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.3
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
13.8
13.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.7
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
13.8
14.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
13.9
14.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.0
10.4
11.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.6
8.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.5
15.3
15.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
8.6
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 197
1 188
1 138
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
37.3
36.3
38.2
-
-
Total income$m
40.7
39.7
42.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 188
30 523
33 567
-
-
Average total income$
33 976
33 443
37 013
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
888
816
786
846
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
234
249
279
300
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
162
186
189
192
Total businessesno.
-
1 284
1 251
1 254
1 338
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
162
171
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
54
63
Total business entriesno.
-
-
204
216
234
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
171
204
150
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
24
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
177
228
216
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year