National Regional Profile: George Town (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA62210   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
296
310
304
229
237
Unemployment rate%
9.9
10.8
10.6
8.0
8.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
693
731
772
758
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 323
2 424
2 496
2 505
-
Taxable income$m
80.5
86.2
94.4
98.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 638
35 567
37 829
39 236
-
Net tax$m
17.4
19.0
21.0
22.1
-
Average net tax$
7 511
7 852
8 412
8 838
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
22.1
22.2
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 157
2 218
2 280
2 283
-
Wage and salary income $m
68.9
73.2
78.6
82.0
-
Total income $m
72.7
76.9
83.3
86.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 934
32 991
34 454
35 925
-
Average total income$
33 727
34 689
36 516
37 736
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
60.5
60.3
59.8
59.1
-
Females%
39.5
39.7
40.2
40.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.4
17.5
17.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.3
19.9
18.7
17.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.0
26.0
25.6
25.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.3
25.2
26.1
27.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.4
12.1
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
6.2
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
11.2
11.2
11.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.2
4.4
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.6
14.4
14.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.5
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.7
13.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.4
7.1
7.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.5
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
24.5
24.3
23.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.7
8.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
200
212
201
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.8
4.9
5.1
-
-
Total income$m
5.3
5.4
5.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 127
23 139
25 428
-
-
Average total income$
26 371
25 581
28 367
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
228
216
207
219
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
54
54
60
51
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
66
78
78
72
Total businessesno.
-
348
348
345
342
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
33
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
51
51
60
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
63
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
39
72
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year