National Regional Profile: Palmerston (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA72800   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 474
1 655
1 773
1 799
-
Taxable individualsno.
10 692
10 919
11 178
11 544
-
Taxable income$m
399.5
420.0
461.3
515.7
-
Average taxable income$
37 360
38 463
41 270
44 672
-
Net tax$m
84.1
90.1
101.2
116.8
-
Average net tax$
7 864
8 252
9 058
10 119
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.5
21.9
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 667
10 902
11 158
11 524
-
Wage and salary income $m
386.8
403.8
444.3
493.4
-
Total income $m
395.3
413.2
453.6
505.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 258
37 035
39 816
42 819
-
Average total income$
37 056
37 904
40 653
43 895
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.4
56.7
55.9
55.7
-
Females%
42.6
43.3
44.1
44.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.9
23.6
22.6
22.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
34.0
33.0
32.6
31.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.8
24.9
25.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
12.8
13.7
14.6
15.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
4.3
4.9
5.3
5.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.7
5.9
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
10.2
10.2
10.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.6
8.1
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.7
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.9
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
18.4
18.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.8
6.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
10.1
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.4
6.4
6.8
-
Not Stated%
-
24.1
21.5
19.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
787
718
691
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.5
19.9
20.6
-
-
Total income$m
22.1
21.2
22.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 042
27 703
29 769
-
-
Average total income$
28 024
29 586
32 026
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
777
660
612
624
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
114
132
171
189
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
120
138
144
144
Total businessesno.
-
1 011
930
927
957
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
159
207
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
57
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
189
216
258
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
174
234
165
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
180
240
216
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year