National Regional Profile: Bourke (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135151150   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
100
142
143
157
144
Unemployment rate%
5.6
7.7
7.6
8.1
7.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
410
456
425
413
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 206
1 128
1 170
1 187
-
Taxable income$m
39.6
38.3
41.8
45.6
-
Average taxable income$
32 877
33 984
35 717
38 438
-
Net tax$m
8.3
8.3
8.8
10.0
-
Average net tax$
6 889
7 339
7 498
8 425
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.6
21.0
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 125
1 060
1 062
1 078
-
Wage and salary income $m
34.6
33.8
35.7
38.6
-
Total income $m
35.4
34.1
37.0
39.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 751
31 929
33 611
35 815
-
Average total income$
31 474
32 195
34 875
36 814
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
51.0
52.7
53.1
-
Females%
47.2
49.0
47.3
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.5
18.3
16.3
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.5
27.6
26.5
25.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
23.9
24.8
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.4
18.7
19.7
18.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
11.5
12.7
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.7
8.3
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.0
16.3
16.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.6
8.4
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.8
9.3
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.1
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.0
16.7
16.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.1
5.1
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
8.2
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.3
16.8
18.2
-
Not Stated%
-
11.2
9.8
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
241
157
179
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7.5
4.6
4.8
-
-
Total income$m
6.7
4.8
5.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 972
29 331
26 910
-
-
Average total income$
27 883
30 624
29 396
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
258
255
237
228
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
87
93
96
102
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
69
69
72
72
Total businessesno.
-
414
417
405
402
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
24
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
36
36
48
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
39
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
54
42
45
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year