National Regional Profile: Townsville (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345157084   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
179
176
117
122
142
Unemployment rate%
11.0
9.4
5.8
5.7
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
307
314
337
307
-
Taxable individualsno.
892
925
931
926
-
Taxable income$m
31.6
33.1
36.4
38.2
-
Average taxable income$
35 422
35 725
39 117
41 278
-
Net tax$m
6.7
7.0
8.0
8.6
-
Average net tax$
7 491
7 614
8 608
9 254
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.3
22.0
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
796
825
863
838
-
Wage and salary income $m
25.5
27.2
30.1
30.8
-
Total income $m
26.7
28.3
31.3
32.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 978
32 961
34 909
36 763
-
Average total income$
33 507
34 302
36 259
38 633
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.5
55.5
54.8
56.1
-
Females%
43.5
44.5
45.2
43.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
14.6
14.8
15.5
15.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.5
20.2
19.9
19.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.3
27.3
25.4
24.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
25.7
26.2
26.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.0
13.0
14.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.8
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
13.0
13.2
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
5.6
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.7
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.0
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
16.5
15.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.4
10.2
10.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.4
7.2
7.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.4
19.6
18.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
8.2
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
185
165
144
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.9
4.6
4.7
-
-
Total income$m
5.6
4.8
4.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 142
27 851
32 454
-
-
Average total income$
30 182
29 054
32 751
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
264
240
225
216
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
48
51
54
75
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
21
21
21
27
Total businessesno.
-
333
312
300
318
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
33
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
48
42
57
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
60
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
60
60
48
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year