National Regional Profile: Durack (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071184   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
386
372
343
302
331
Unemployment rate%
13.0
13.4
12.9
11.0
11.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
424
458
513
511
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 672
1 721
1 717
1 736
-
Taxable income$m
51.4
55.7
58.0
60.1
-
Average taxable income$
30 725
32 369
33 756
34 598
-
Net tax$m
10.3
11.6
12.0
12.3
-
Average net tax$
6 174
6 759
6 976
7 097
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.9
20.7
20.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 525
1 550
1 580
1 594
-
Wage and salary income $m
44.6
47.5
49.4
51.5
-
Total income $m
46.4
49.8
51.7
53.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 233
30 673
31 269
32 333
-
Average total income$
30 427
32 152
32 711
33 555
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.3
59.1
58.8
58.4
-
Females%
41.7
40.9
41.2
41.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.7
19.9
20.4
20.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
25.1
25.8
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.2
24.4
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.0
19.0
18.5
18.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
10.8
10.8
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.5
4.2
4.2
-
Professionals%
-
8.4
8.5
8.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
4.5
4.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.2
10.8
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.2
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
15.3
15.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.9
13.2
12.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.2
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.2
22.7
23.7
-
Not Stated%
-
11.2
11.3
10.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
178
189
162
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.8
4.3
3.9
-
-
Total income$m
4.2
4.7
4.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
21 530
22 755
24 131
-
-
Average total income$
23 776
24 683
26 946
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
150
156
144
123
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
15
24
33
39
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
18
15
15
Total businessesno.
-
180
198
192
177
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
54
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
12
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
54
66
48
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
27
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
33
27
45
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year