National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - South-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016906   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
479
649
663
469
551
Unemployment rate%
4.6
5.5
5.2
3.7
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 644
2 767
2 964
3 031
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 839
10 225
10 946
11 489
-
Taxable income$m
339.9
365.5
418.7
457.5
-
Average taxable income$
34 549
35 747
38 254
39 818
-
Net tax$m
75.1
82.7
96.1
104.5
-
Average net tax$
7 629
8 084
8 781
9 099
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.6
23.0
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 022
9 333
9 944
10 432
-
Wage and salary income $m
283.8
302.3
335.0
364.9
-
Total income $m
296.9
316.5
355.4
385.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 461
32 387
33 686
34 982
-
Average total income$
32 906
33 915
35 744
36 965
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.2
52.8
53.0
52.9
-
Females%
46.8
47.2
47.0
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.0
23.0
23.4
23.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
22.9
22.5
22.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.9
22.5
22.1
21.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.7
20.7
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
10.8
11.3
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.4
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
17.6
17.6
17.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.1
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.4
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
17.6
17.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.5
5.6
5.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.6
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.9
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
10.7
10.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 040
992
998
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
32.0
31.3
34.0
-
-
Total income$m
35.4
35.3
38.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 788
31 548
34 058
-
-
Average total income$
34 045
35 615
38 697
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
897
921
921
963
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
204
243
291
306
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
126
144
162
165
Total businessesno.
-
1 227
1 308
1 374
1 434
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
186
186
195
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
93
87
Total business entriesno.
-
-
246
279
282
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
186
270
165
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
9
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
198
279
207
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year