National Regional Profile: Mackay (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 340   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
5 218
5 163
5 061
4 183
3 038
Unemployment rate%
6.9
6.9
6.7
5.2
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
15 086
15 666
16 675
16 072
-
Taxable individualsno.
60 070
62 687
65 120
69 410
-
Taxable income$m
2 301.7
2 510.6
2 791.5
3 234.1
-
Average taxable income$
38 318
40 050
42 867
46 594
-
Net tax$m
550.4
613.2
692.8
819.5
-
Average net tax$
9 162
9 782
10 639
11 806
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.9
24.4
24.8
25.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
54 783
57 121
59 746
63 469
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 996.0
2 157.4
2 389.9
2 718.3
-
Total income $m
2 059.4
2 233.3
2 486.0
2 835.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 435
37 769
40 001
42 828
-
Average total income$
37 592
39 097
41 609
44 679
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.3
58.1
57.8
58.0
-
Females%
41.7
41.9
42.2
42.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.4
20.3
20.3
20.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.4
24.0
23.6
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.5
25.2
24.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
21.2
21.4
21.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.5
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
12.0
11.9
11.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.6
16.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.2
15.2
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.6
15.0
15.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
9.9
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.1
12.7
12.7
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
5.9
5.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
8 380
8 007
7 128
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
245.0
237.3
232.2
-
-
Total income$m
255.7
260.9
258.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 234
29 640
32 576
-
-
Average total income$
30 513
32 579
36 215
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
8 262
8 004
7 659
8 079
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 391
2 676
3 183
3 441
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 076
2 358
2 607
2 595
Total businessesno.
-
12 729
13 038
13 449
14 115
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 302
1 575
1 881
Employing businessesno.
-
-
663
915
1 107
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 965
2 490
2 988
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 695
1 800
1 341
Employing businessesno.
-
-
111
147
798
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 806
1 947
2 139
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year