National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 32001   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
3 019
2 133
2 498
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.1
3.7
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
12 360
12 889
13 433
13 599
-
Taxable individualsno.
45 686
47 278
49 449
51 359
-
Taxable income$m
1 572.3
1 684.6
1 887.5
2 038.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 416
35 632
38 171
39 694
-
Net tax$m
346.2
379.9
432.4
464.7
-
Average net tax$
7 577
8 035
8 744
9 048
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.5
22.9
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
41 846
43 121
44 875
46 614
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 314.0
1 394.5
1 510.2
1 628.7
-
Total income $m
1 373.0
1 459.1
1 601.5
1 719.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 400
32 340
33 654
34 940
-
Average total income$
32 810
33 837
35 689
36 890
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.3
53.0
53.0
53.0
-
Females%
46.7
47.0
47.0
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.8
22.8
23.2
23.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
22.9
22.4
22.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.8
22.4
21.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.8
20.7
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.7
11.3
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.5
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
17.4
17.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.1
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.5
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
17.5
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
5.7
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.6
10.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.1
12.6
-
Not Stated%
-
10.7
10.6
10.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 998
4 755
4 655
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
152.0
148.0
156.4
-
-
Total income$m
167.5
166.5
177.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 404
31 129
33 609
-
-
Average total income$
33 504
35 013
38 076
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
5 394
5 223
5 022
5 103
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 353
1 662
1 944
2 019
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 272
1 413
1 527
1 548
Total businessesno.
-
8 019
8 298
8 493
8 670
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
960
1 059
870
Employing businessesno.
-
-
372
504
507
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 332
1 563
1 377
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 086
1 230
927
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
90
315
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 131
1 320
1 242
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year