National Regional Profile: North Eastern (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61515   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
541
604
553
420
392
Unemployment rate%
8.8
9.6
8.6
6.5
6.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 810
1 875
1 953
1 990
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 166
5 312
5 465
5 524
-
Taxable income$m
159.5
165.5
185.0
189.8
-
Average taxable income$
30 883
31 164
33 845
34 360
-
Net tax$m
31.1
33.1
37.3
38.8
-
Average net tax$
6 027
6 237
6 829
7 017
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.5
20.0
20.2
20.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 187
4 339
4 426
4 452
-
Wage and salary income $m
116.1
123.1
128.4
132.2
-
Total income $m
123.2
129.6
140.8
139.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 717
28 367
29 004
29 692
-
Average total income$
29 434
29 874
31 822
31 386
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.2
55.6
55.0
54.8
-
Females%
42.8
44.4
45.0
45.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
18.6
18.7
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.8
20.2
19.5
18.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.2
25.3
24.5
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.8
23.0
24.1
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
13.0
13.2
13.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
8.1
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.6
11.3
11.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.9
5.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.8
9.2
9.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.1
1.2
1.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.1
14.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.3
11.4
11.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.0
8.9
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
24.2
23.9
22.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
7.9
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 079
1 092
1 075
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
32.5
28.1
30.4
-
-
Total income$m
33.4
30.7
32.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 136
25 759
28 269
-
-
Average total income$
30 933
28 093
30 402
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 098
1 065
993
975
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
282
303
330
309
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
261
279
300
291
Total businessesno.
-
1 641
1 647
1 623
1 575
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
156
108
150
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
90
72
Total business entriesno.
-
-
201
198
222
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
168
204
159
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
27
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
180
231
231
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year