National Regional Profile: Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 350052068   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
419
402
350
367
501
Unemployment rate%
5.5
5.6
4.8
4.9
6.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 100
1 143
1 217
1 230
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 245
5 422
5 677
5 923
-
Taxable income$m
182.8
195.8
222.4
239.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 851
36 112
39 168
40 461
-
Net tax$m
40.6
44.3
51.9
55.4
-
Average net tax$
7 737
8 166
9 149
9 360
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.6
23.4
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 836
4 951
5 193
5 432
-
Wage and salary income $m
154.1
165.0
180.9
196.7
-
Total income $m
161.0
172.5
192.0
206.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 874
33 318
34 830
36 207
-
Average total income$
33 291
34 842
36 967
38 039
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.9
52.0
51.5
51.9
-
Females%
48.1
48.0
48.5
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.3
19.4
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.2
28.6
28.5
28.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
24.2
24.1
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.5
18.9
18.6
18.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.4
9.0
9.4
9.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.3
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
15.8
15.8
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.3
8.5
8.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
11.0
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.7
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.5
20.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
5.8
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.5
12.3
12.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.6
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
630
619
576
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.9
19.2
20.1
-
-
Total income$m
20.8
20.9
22.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 067
30 958
34 958
-
-
Average total income$
32 971
33 810
38 572
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
834
759
726
690
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
192
207
237
246
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
138
153
159
168
Total businessesno.
-
1 164
1 119
1 122
1 104
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
171
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
54
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
189
225
168
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
189
153
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
9
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
198
204
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year