National Regional Profile: Irwin (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA54060   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
142
70
71
66
54
Unemployment rate%
11.3
4.7
4.7
4.3
3.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
383
379
405
407
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 179
1 255
1 282
1 346
-
Taxable income$m
41.0
45.2
47.8
55.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 778
35 980
37 315
41 417
-
Net tax$m
8.8
9.9
10.5
13.0
-
Average net tax$
7 453
7 861
8 228
9 639
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
21.8
22.1
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
904
922
975
1 047
-
Wage and salary income $m
27.1
29.5
33.5
38.8
-
Total income $m
29.3
32.1
36.2
42.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 960
31 983
34 338
37 038
-
Average total income$
32 395
34 810
37 090
40 534
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.0
55.9
54.7
55.6
-
Females%
43.0
44.1
45.3
44.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.8
17.2
17.1
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
21.9
20.3
19.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.2
26.4
27.3
27.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.6
22.0
22.1
21.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.2
12.5
13.2
13.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.2
4.9
5.9
-
Professionals%
-
10.8
11.3
10.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.6
7.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.3
14.3
14.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.5
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
12.3
12.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
17.3
17.2
15.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.3
7.2
7.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.5
15.9
16.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
7.8
7.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
313
308
265
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.2
10.3
9.5
-
-
Total income$m
11.4
11.6
9.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 508
33 344
35 685
-
-
Average total income$
36 279
37 519
36 504
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
264
249
246
228
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
81
84
90
102
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
42
54
51
Total businessesno.
-
390
375
390
381
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
42
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
18
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
48
60
42
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
45
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
48
66
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year