National Regional Profile: Alice Springs (T) - Ross (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 710400207   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
238
181
177
213
211
Unemployment rate%
4.9
3.7
3.7
4.5
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
504
544
540
770
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 966
2 978
2 964
3 269
-
Taxable income$m
113.4
117.9
122.0
139.5
-
Average taxable income$
38 237
39 575
41 160
42 659
-
Net tax$m
25.1
26.7
27.5
31.4
-
Average net tax$
8 471
8 976
9 277
9 620
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.7
22.5
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 998
2 992
2 981
3 285
-
Wage and salary income $m
106.6
110.7
114.0
130.1
-
Total income $m
109.7
113.9
118.1
134.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 560
37 002
38 244
39 605
-
Average total income$
36 599
38 059
39 610
40 829
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
50.7
50.5
50.1
-
Females%
49.1
49.3
49.5
49.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.8
19.0
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.7
25.7
24.7
24.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
25.3
25.7
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.3
21.1
21.0
21.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.1
9.6
10.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.2
9.3
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.9
18.6
19.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.8
9.0
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.3
19.2
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
4.9
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
11.1
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.9
6.8
7.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
8.7
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
205
190
168
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6.3
5.5
4.8
-
-
Total income$m
6.4
6.0
5.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 859
28 811
28 527
-
-
Average total income$
31 411
31 430
33 454
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
312
291
279
282
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
48
69
66
72
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
24
30
30
Total businessesno.
-
375
384
375
384
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
84
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
15
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
84
99
87
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63
60
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
69
48
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year