National Regional Profile: Eacham (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA32900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
261
236
186
195
246
Unemployment rate%
8.5
7.7
5.8
6.0
7.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
962
967
1 117
992
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 142
2 202
2 502
2 411
-
Taxable income$m
68.2
71.1
86.7
87.5
-
Average taxable income$
31 860
32 318
34 650
36 304
-
Net tax$m
13.6
14.2
17.6
17.9
-
Average net tax$
6 338
6 457
7 039
7 428
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.9
20.0
20.3
20.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 857
1 868
2 101
2 028
-
Wage and salary income $m
52.5
54.8
65.6
66.1
-
Total income $m
54.6
57.6
68.5
69.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 287
29 317
31 241
32 604
-
Average total income$
29 412
30 846
32 618
34 435
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
53.9
53.1
53.3
-
Females%
45.7
46.1
46.9
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.8
16.2
15.9
16.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.6
16.5
16.0
16.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.1
27.2
26.0
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.5
26.6
26.9
26.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.0
13.5
15.2
15.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
7.0
6.0
-
Professionals%
-
15.2
15.6
16.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.1
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.0
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.3
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
17.4
17.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.1
8.9
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
8.8
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.4
16.6
17.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.3
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
584
571
581
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.6
14.7
14.7
-
-
Total income$m
15.7
15.0
16.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 921
25 735
25 266
-
-
Average total income$
26 860
26 341
28 644
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
555
531
492
474
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
108
117
138
144
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
54
60
60
54
Total businessesno.
-
717
708
690
672
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
51
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
45
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
78
96
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
69
111
78
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
120
117
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year