National Regional Profile: Roebourne (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA57560   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
432
261
249
243
232
Unemployment rate%
5.0
2.8
2.6
2.5
2.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 311
1 335
1 369
1 367
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 300
7 806
7 998
8 049
-
Taxable income$m
366.1
417.8
463.1
476.6
-
Average taxable income$
50 154
53 528
57 900
59 208
-
Net tax$m
98.6
116.9
132.0
133.0
-
Average net tax$
13 507
14 982
16 506
16 528
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.9
28.0
28.5
27.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 419
7 903
8 123
8 252
-
Wage and salary income $m
346.5
396.4
440.2
452.1
-
Total income $m
354.0
403.9
448.1
462.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
46 698
50 161
54 186
54 786
-
Average total income$
47 712
51 110
55 159
55 995
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.1
59.2
58.6
57.7
-
Females%
41.9
40.8
41.4
42.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.7
16.5
17.2
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.8
28.6
27.4
27.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.1
28.7
28.1
27.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.0
19.1
19.6
19.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.3
7.1
7.6
7.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
5.9
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.3
13.0
13.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.1
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
18.7
18.3
17.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.3
13.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.2
13.3
12.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
7.9
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.0
11.8
11.8
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
6.6
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
549
492
405
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.3
19.5
18.6
-
-
Total income$m
22.1
21.0
20.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 971
39 583
45 946
-
-
Average total income$
40 190
42 652
50 056
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
732
654
633
642
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
153
171
219
216
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
165
180
186
189
Total businessesno.
-
1 050
1 005
1 038
1 047
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
129
159
174
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
81
69
Total business entriesno.
-
-
156
240
243
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
222
222
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
69
Total business exitsno.
-
-
231
234
201
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year