National Regional Profile: Launceston (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615054012   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 448
2 702
2 439
1 737
1 747
Unemployment rate%
8.5
9.4
8.3
5.9
5.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 794
5 836
6 013
5 937
-
Taxable individualsno.
23 347
23 986
24 863
25 659
-
Taxable income$m
785.4
840.0
924.7
1 009.0
-
Average taxable income$
33 641
35 020
37 193
39 322
-
Net tax$m
170.9
187.4
208.5
232.2
-
Average net tax$
7 319
7 815
8 385
9 050
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.3
22.5
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
20 758
21 123
21 809
22 664
-
Wage and salary income $m
640.7
674.6
729.2
782.1
-
Total income $m
678.2
712.7
774.7
830.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 864
31 938
33 436
34 507
-
Average total income$
32 671
33 743
35 523
36 651
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.9
52.8
52.4
52.2
-
Females%
47.1
47.2
47.6
47.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.0
19.9
20.2
20.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
23.5
23.2
22.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.2
23.8
23.8
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
22.2
21.9
21.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.5
11.0
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
7.0
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
17.8
17.6
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.3
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.2
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.6
18.9
18.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
7.0
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
11.3
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.5
11.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
9.4
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 029
1 994
1 989
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
57.3
61.4
65.9
-
-
Total income$m
65.1
68.8
75.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 222
30 779
33 124
-
-
Average total income$
32 064
34 492
37 737
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 385
2 403
2 310
2 274
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
714
780
873
945
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
738
816
861
867
Total businessesno.
-
3 837
3 999
4 044
4 086
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
447
354
348
Employing businessesno.
-
-
201
207
213
Total business entriesno.
-
-
648
561
561
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
480
486
339
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
48
135
Total business exitsno.
-
-
510
534
474
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year