National Regional Profile: Katherine (T) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA72200   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
309
264
258
290
299
Unemployment rate%
5.5
5.1
5.3
6.0
6.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
583
586
617
724
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 146
2 963
2 891
3 039
-
Taxable income$m
118.8
116.4
119.3
130.7
-
Average taxable income$
37 763
39 286
41 260
42 993
-
Net tax$m
25.2
25.4
26.1
28.6
-
Average net tax$
8 004
8 587
9 022
9 402
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
21.9
21.9
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 256
3 073
2 978
3 047
-
Wage and salary income $m
115.4
112.6
115.0
123.0
-
Total income $m
117.9
115.3
118.1
126.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 431
36 646
38 620
40 358
-
Average total income$
36 203
37 531
39 643
41 521
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
55.2
54.1
53.9
-
Females%
45.0
44.8
45.9
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.3
18.7
18.5
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
32.5
30.6
29.2
28.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
26.5
26.3
26.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.4
17.7
17.8
18.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.5
6.5
8.2
8.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.9
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
12.8
13.9
14.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.8
7.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.8
10.0
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
16.1
15.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.4
4.9
5.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.2
8.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.6
8.3
8.6
-
Not Stated%
-
21.6
22.1
20.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
154
139
133
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.5
4.1
4.0
-
-
Total income$m
4.8
4.5
4.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 118
29 338
29 706
-
-
Average total income$
31 341
32 493
30 591
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
459
441
393
375
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
102
126
147
162
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
129
138
141
141
Total businessesno.
-
690
705
681
678
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
87
48
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
33
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
114
81
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
87
147
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
96
156
111
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year