National Regional Profile: Banana (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA30350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
334
311
311
259
197
Unemployment rate%
4.2
3.8
3.7
2.9
2.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 748
1 787
1 782
1 816
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 214
6 162
6 268
6 476
-
Taxable income$m
250.5
257.6
270.1
297.8
-
Average taxable income$
40 305
41 803
43 092
45 988
-
Net tax$m
62.1
65.7
67.7
75.8
-
Average net tax$
9 997
10 659
10 805
11 707
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.8
25.5
25.1
25.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 498
5 460
5 525
5 833
-
Wage and salary income $m
210.9
218.0
227.3
253.5
-
Total income $m
213.1
220.0
230.3
256.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 355
39 936
41 148
43 467
-
Average total income$
38 767
40 301
41 683
44 031
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.3
58.5
58.8
58.8
-
Females%
40.7
41.5
41.2
41.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.0
21.6
21.6
22.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
23.7
23.4
23.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.5
24.8
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.0
20.3
20.8
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.4
8.9
9.4
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.2
5.2
5.0
-
Professionals%
-
12.5
12.6
11.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.3
4.5
4.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.2
13.5
13.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.1
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.3
12.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.1
13.7
14.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
8.8
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.1
21.0
22.0
-
Not Stated%
-
6.7
6.3
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 397
1 263
1 251
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
49.8
42.0
43.7
-
-
Total income$m
48.3
42.1
44.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 644
33 220
34 911
-
-
Average total income$
34 584
33 307
35 276
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 353
1 350
1 362
1 398
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
291
315
351
336
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
183
201
228
228
Total businessesno.
-
1 827
1 866
1 941
1 962
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
171
207
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
66
90
Total business entriesno.
-
-
201
237
297
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
162
228
150
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
87
Total business exitsno.
-
-
180
246
237
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year