National Regional Profile: Wide Bay-Burnett SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
6 190
4 524
5 351
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
10.1
6.9
7.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
18 320
18 954
19 668
20 077
-
Taxable individualsno.
47 507
49 241
52 135
53 674
-
Taxable income$m
1 447.7
1 575.1
1 786.6
1 921.2
-
Average taxable income$
30 474
31 988
34 268
35 794
-
Net tax$m
292.6
328.1
377.3
406.0
-
Average net tax$
6 159
6 663
7 238
7 564
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
20.8
21.1
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
41 005
42 619
44 767
46 380
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 165.7
1 252.3
1 383.9
1 493.2
-
Total income $m
1 211.6
1 312.3
1 462.7
1 573.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 428
29 384
30 914
32 195
-
Average total income$
29 548
30 790
32 674
33 916
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
55.1
55.0
54.7
-
Females%
44.4
44.9
45.0
45.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.0
19.4
19.7
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.4
19.9
19.7
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.7
24.1
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.2
23.7
23.7
23.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.7
12.2
12.8
13.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.6
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
12.8
12.4
12.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.3
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.5
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
16.9
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.8
9.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
10.5
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.0
19.2
19.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
8.1
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
9 346
8 825
8 822
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
220.3
216.3
243.2
-
-
Total income$m
235.1
238.4
271.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 573
24 516
27 572
-
-
Average total income$
25 160
27 019
30 768
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 774
9 306
9 258
9 276
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 430
2 634
3 015
3 102
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 746
1 965
2 229
2 289
Total businessesno.
-
13 950
13 905
14 502
14 667
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 326
1 497
1 512
Employing businessesno.
-
-
612
699
711
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 938
2 196
2 223
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 524
1 620
1 368
Employing businessesno.
-
-
144
132
603
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 668
1 752
1 971
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year