National Regional Profile: Gwydir (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 130103660   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
134
140
137
122
110
Unemployment rate%
5.2
5.4
5.2
4.5
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
782
948
851
855
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 036
1 788
1 972
2 020
-
Taxable income$m
64.5
57.0
66.6
72.1
-
Average taxable income$
31 700
31 870
33 785
35 717
-
Net tax$m
12.9
11.7
13.5
14.9
-
Average net tax$
6 342
6 534
6 847
7 380
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.0
20.5
20.3
20.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 524
1 512
1 520
1 549
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.8
42.8
46.2
49.2
-
Total income $m
43.5
43.5
48.0
51.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 389
28 319
30 405
31 740
-
Average total income$
28 509
28 772
31 547
33 056
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.8
55.3
55.1
54.4
-
Females%
43.2
44.7
44.9
45.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
18.5
18.4
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.8
21.8
21.1
19.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.0
25.1
25.9
25.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
21.8
20.9
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.2
12.8
13.7
14.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
6.3
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.7
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
2.7
3.5
3.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.1
10.6
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.2
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
15.2
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.4
5.8
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.9
7.4
8.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
27.0
25.1
25.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
9.2
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
730
454
520
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
28.0
11.7
14.8
-
-
Total income$m
27.1
13.5
17.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 356
25 676
28 385
-
-
Average total income$
37 138
29 617
32 684
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
480
456
423
420
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
141
150
168
168
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
81
87
87
87
Total businessesno.
-
702
693
678
675
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
63
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
15
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
72
78
81
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
51
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
3
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
105
54
63
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year