National Regional Profile: Maryborough (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34950   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 191
1 396
1 135
831
1 011
Unemployment rate%
10.3
12.6
10.7
7.3
8.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 755
2 891
2 975
3 080
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 629
8 981
9 352
9 592
-
Taxable income$m
268.9
295.9
323.6
345.8
-
Average taxable income$
31 161
32 942
34 601
36 053
-
Net tax$m
54.6
62.4
68.3
72.9
-
Average net tax$
6 322
6 943
7 300
7 597
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
21.1
21.1
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 726
7 981
8 316
8 644
-
Wage and salary income $m
225.0
239.3
262.6
280.4
-
Total income $m
235.7
255.5
278.4
296.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 126
29 983
31 572
32 439
-
Average total income$
30 506
32 007
33 475
34 338
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.0
55.0
54.4
-
Females%
44.7
45.0
45.0
45.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
18.7
19.0
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.7
20.0
20.5
19.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.1
24.5
23.6
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.2
24.8
24.7
24.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
11.9
12.2
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
5.2
5.2
-
Professionals%
-
13.4
12.5
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
5.3
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.6
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.7
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.7
20.3
20.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.6
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.0
12.4
12.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.9
13.7
13.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.7
7.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
989
1 028
993
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.9
26.5
27.5
-
-
Total income$m
26.4
30.4
31.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 214
25 809
27 660
-
-
Average total income$
26 664
29 561
31 277
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
978
894
861
894
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
363
426
474
495
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
255
288
336
348
Total businessesno.
-
1 596
1 608
1 671
1 737
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
165
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
87
102
99
Total business entriesno.
-
-
225
267
279
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
210
207
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
24
123
Total business exitsno.
-
-
213
231
270
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year