National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA32060   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 558
4 217
3 512
3 647
4 936
Unemployment rate%
6.7
6.4
5.1
5.2
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
11 815
12 398
13 099
13 341
-
Taxable individualsno.
54 652
56 769
59 276
62 335
-
Taxable income$m
1 874.8
2 029.3
2 273.5
2 485.4
-
Average taxable income$
34 305
35 747
38 355
39 872
-
Net tax$m
405.6
450.5
516.2
562.4
-
Average net tax$
7 422
7 936
8 708
9 022
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
22.2
22.7
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
50 723
52 365
54 516
57 325
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 602.0
1 732.7
1 886.3
2 062.5
-
Total income $m
1 671.4
1 809.5
1 986.9
2 165.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 583
33 089
34 601
35 978
-
Average total income$
32 951
34 555
36 447
37 781
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
51.7
51.5
51.7
-
Females%
48.4
48.3
48.5
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.6
18.9
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.9
27.2
26.6
26.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
25.1
25.0
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
20.0
19.8
20.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.4
9.1
9.6
10.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.4
8.2
8.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.7
14.7
14.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.3
8.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.7
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.7
19.7
19.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.5
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
12.9
13.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.1
8.1
8.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.4
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 889
6 712
6 304
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
191.4
196.7
207.8
-
-
Total income$m
209.5
215.9
228.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 786
29 298
32 968
-
-
Average total income$
30 406
32 170
36 261
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
8 250
7 749
7 356
7 542
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 923
2 190
2 607
2 799
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 034
2 292
2 493
2 502
Total businessesno.
-
12 207
12 231
12 456
12 843
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 470
1 455
1 500
Employing businessesno.
-
-
600
741
705
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 070
2 196
2 205
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 878
1 884
1 338
Employing businessesno.
-
-
102
111
531
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 980
1 995
1 869
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year