National Regional Profile: George Town (M) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615102212   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
30
32
31
22
19
Unemployment rate%
6.4
6.3
5.9
4.2
3.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
120
127
128
129
-
Taxable individualsno.
429
443
460
471
-
Taxable income$m
15.3
16.4
18.1
19.6
-
Average taxable income$
35 755
37 081
39 294
41 564
-
Net tax$m
3.4
3.7
4.2
4.7
-
Average net tax$
7 885
8 421
9 091
9 877
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
23.1
23.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
381
389
402
408
-
Wage and salary income $m
12.5
13.3
14.3
15.0
-
Total income $m
13.1
14.0
15.0
15.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 719
34 214
35 674
36 809
-
Average total income$
34 418
35 918
37 333
38 809
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.3
57.4
57.0
56.1
-
Females%
41.7
42.6
43.0
43.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.3
14.6
15.2
16.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.6
17.7
16.7
15.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.5
26.2
24.9
25.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.2
28.2
29.9
28.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.4
13.3
13.4
14.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.5
10.0
9.2
-
Professionals%
-
16.5
17.0
17.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.0
4.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.0
11.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.8
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.3
14.8
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.8
8.0
9.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
5.8
6.8
7.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.0
17.0
16.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
9.5
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
59
58
53
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.4
1.5
1.5
-
-
Total income$m
1.6
1.6
1.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 008
26 100
28 736
-
-
Average total income$
26 376
28 395
31 501
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
60
63
63
69
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
12
12
15
12
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6
6
6
6
Total businessesno.
-
78
81
84
87
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3
18
15
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
6
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
12
9
9
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year