National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 31507   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 871
1 385
1 646
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
12.7
8.7
9.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 219
5 317
5 824
6 159
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 969
14 583
15 980
16 936
-
Taxable income$m
392.2
468.6
554.4
605.0
-
Average taxable income$
30 244
32 130
34 691
35 724
-
Net tax$m
77.7
96.9
118.0
127.5
-
Average net tax$
5 990
6 642
7 383
7 526
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.8
20.7
21.3
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 567
11 740
12 899
13 814
-
Wage and salary income $m
294.3
337.9
388.0
431.2
-
Total income $m
313.8
364.4
421.7
463.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 847
28 784
30 083
31 217
-
Average total income$
29 699
31 035
32 690
33 585
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.3
51.2
50.9
51.2
-
Females%
48.7
48.8
49.1
48.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.5
18.6
19.5
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.9
20.4
19.9
19.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.2
24.8
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
23.9
23.5
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
11.9
12.4
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.3
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
14.6
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.0
7.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.7
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.9
19.6
19.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.3
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
13.6
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.6
11.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
8.4
8.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 946
2 060
2 116
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
47.2
57.5
67.6
-
-
Total income$m
51.7
64.0
76.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 249
27 919
31 930
-
-
Average total income$
26 547
31 089
35 971
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 779
1 752
1 692
1 707
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
564
672
804
840
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
432
531
582
579
Total businessesno.
-
2 775
2 955
3 078
3 126
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
441
408
393
Employing businessesno.
-
-
210
267
204
Total business entriesno.
-
-
651
675
597
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
462
450
423
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
30
183
Total business exitsno.
-
-
477
480
606
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year