National Regional Profile: Peak Downs (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA35850   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
44
47
44
34
28
Unemployment rate%
2.4
2.7
2.5
1.8
1.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
301
382
408
385
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 389
1 390
1 452
1 517
-
Taxable income$m
74.2
73.5
80.6
87.4
-
Average taxable income$
53 404
52 852
55 507
57 582
-
Net tax$m
21.4
21.6
23.4
25.3
-
Average net tax$
15 389
15 572
16 097
16 649
-
Average net tax ratio%
28.8
29.5
29.0
28.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 279
1 341
1 377
1 434
-
Wage and salary income $m
66.8
70.7
74.3
82.1
-
Total income $m
66.5
69.8
74.6
81.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
52 218
52 696
53 949
57 244
-
Average total income$
51 997
52 070
54 166
56 885
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
63.1
61.4
62.6
62.4
-
Females%
36.9
38.6
37.4
37.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
18.7
19.4
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
30.5
28.8
28.7
28.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
27.6
26.7
25.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.1
18.3
18.5
20.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
5.9
6.6
6.7
8.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.5
4.2
4.7
-
Professionals%
-
12.0
11.8
10.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.7
4.1
4.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.9
17.7
19.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.0
1.8
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.0
12.4
13.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
25.7
24.7
23.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.1
5.1
6.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.1
12.4
12.1
-
Not Stated%
-
4.9
5.6
4.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
259
175
204
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
12.8
4.7
6.7
-
-
Total income$m
11.0
4.9
7.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
49 249
26 759
32 741
-
-
Average total income$
42 551
28 212
34 910
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
207
195
228
213
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
48
51
69
69
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
36
39
39
36
Total businessesno.
-
291
285
336
318
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
57
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
45
72
66
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
42
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
45
54
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year