National Regional Profile: Lower Top End NT (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 71030   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
778
631
573
673
694
Unemployment rate%
8.7
7.5
7.1
8.4
8.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 368
1 398
1 446
1 353
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 682
4 642
4 546
4 640
-
Taxable income$m
174.4
180.3
184.3
197.7
-
Average taxable income$
37 245
38 832
40 549
42 596
-
Net tax$m
36.5
38.9
39.7
42.8
-
Average net tax$
7 806
8 375
8 732
9 231
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.6
21.5
21.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 821
4 761
4 645
4 593
-
Wage and salary income $m
165.8
170.1
173.1
182.6
-
Total income $m
170.4
175.1
178.5
188.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 394
35 724
37 257
39 756
-
Average total income$
35 345
36 790
38 433
41 005
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
54.2
53.0
53.1
-
Females%
45.4
45.8
47.0
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.1
17.4
17.4
16.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
30.0
28.6
27.5
26.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
26.0
25.5
26.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.8
19.3
19.8
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.6
8.6
9.9
10.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.7
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
15.7
16.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.9
7.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.6
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
16.2
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
4.9
5.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
7.5
7.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.2
10.2
-
Not Stated%
-
17.0
16.8
16.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
301
303
279
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.3
8.8
7.5
-
-
Total income$m
10.0
9.9
8.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 807
29 154
27 075
-
-
Average total income$
33 241
32 531
28 980
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
576
543
486
474
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
126
159
183
204
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
144
153
168
171
Total businessesno.
-
846
855
837
849
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
99
69
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
54
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
123
138
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
177
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
132
189
138
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year