National Regional Profile: Brisbane (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
53 892
45 369
44 819
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.9
4.8
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
161 747
168 448
178 258
180 319
-
Taxable individualsno.
737 815
769 772
800 487
832 498
-
Taxable income$m
27 892.8
30 380.3
33 398.4
36 472.7
-
Average taxable income$
37 805
39 467
41 723
43 811
-
Net tax$m
6 634.8
7 419.7
8 216.6
9 020.1
-
Average net tax$
8 993
9 639
10 265
10 835
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.8
24.4
24.6
24.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
676 676
700 704
729 724
759 608
-
Wage and salary income $m
23 409.9
25 150.6
27 397.1
29 800.2
-
Total income $m
24 621.0
26 477.1
28 924.6
31 360.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 595
35 893
37 544
39 231
-
Average total income$
36 385
37 786
39 638
41 285
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.5
52.4
52.4
52.4
-
Females%
47.5
47.6
47.6
47.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
20.2
20.6
21.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.0
25.6
25.3
24.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.4
23.2
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.6
20.4
20.1
19.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.3
10.8
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.6
8.7
-
Professionals%
-
18.2
18.1
18.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
6.8
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.5
9.5
9.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.2
19.1
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.1
6.2
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.6
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.6
8.8
9.2
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
10.5
9.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
70 169
70 029
67 041
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2 151.4
2 357.5
2 448.7
-
-
Total income$m
2 395.0
2 616.1
2 731.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 660
33 664
36 525
-
-
Average total income$
34 132
37 357
40 743
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
98 202
97 224
93 120
93 987
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
26 295
30 828
37 269
40 422
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
20 982
23 712
26 010
26 196
Total businessesno.
-
145 479
151 764
156 399
160 605
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
20 958
20 478
19 413
Employing businessesno.
-
-
8 112
9 762
9 444
Total business entriesno.
-
-
29 070
30 240
28 857
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
22 221
23 898
18 450
Employing businessesno.
-
-
936
1 497
6 549
Total business exitsno.
-
-
23 157
25 395
24 999
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year