National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA36900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 080
2 621
2 627
1 865
2 196
Unemployment rate%
4.9
5.8
5.5
4.0
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 041
10 406
10 867
10 904
-
Taxable individualsno.
37 566
38 609
40 217
41 462
-
Taxable income$m
1 300.8
1 382.1
1 537.4
1 652.4
-
Average taxable income$
34 626
35 798
38 227
39 854
-
Net tax$m
287.8
313.0
352.7
378.1
-
Average net tax$
7 661
8 108
8 771
9 119
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.6
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
34 510
35 283
36 618
37 714
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 086.6
1 143.1
1 233.0
1 318.7
-
Total income $m
1 137.1
1 197.7
1 308.5
1 394.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 488
32 399
33 673
34 965
-
Average total income$
32 951
33 945
35 735
36 964
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
52.8
52.9
52.8
-
Females%
46.9
47.2
47.1
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.3
23.3
23.8
24.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
23.0
22.7
22.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.5
22.2
21.6
20.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.7
20.6
20.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.8
11.4
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.3
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
17.6
17.6
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.2
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.4
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
17.7
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.4
5.5
5.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.8
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
12.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
10.7
10.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 792
3 603
3 488
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
118.3
115.0
120.2
-
-
Total income$m
131.4
130.2
137.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 195
31 904
34 448
-
-
Average total income$
34 662
36 146
39 390
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 050
3 987
3 765
3 798
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 092
1 326
1 542
1 614
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 092
1 212
1 311
1 323
Total businessesno.
-
6 234
6 525
6 618
6 735
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
792
846
651
Employing businessesno.
-
-
303
411
411
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 095
1 257
1 062
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
831
1 008
726
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
66
234
Total business exitsno.
-
-
861
1 074
960
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year