National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315103754   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
196
140
174
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
16.1
10.8
12.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
431
470
489
520
-
Taxable individualsno.
947
1 019
1 128
1 197
-
Taxable income$m
26.2
30.5
36.6
40.4
-
Average taxable income$
27 645
29 932
32 475
33 771
-
Net tax$m
4.8
5.9
7.3
7.9
-
Average net tax$
5 106
5 749
6 441
6 623
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.5
19.2
19.8
19.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
749
810
894
956
-
Wage and salary income $m
19.7
22.4
26.4
29.5
-
Total income $m
20.8
24.2
28.4
31.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 242
27 700
29 542
30 872
-
Average total income$
27 706
29 856
31 780
33 145
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.9
54.7
55.6
54.1
-
Females%
44.1
45.3
44.4
45.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.8
15.3
16.2
15.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.5
17.8
17.2
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.6
23.7
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
27.5
27.6
27.3
26.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.5
15.8
15.5
16.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.5
5.0
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
11.6
11.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.7
4.9
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
13.6
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
18.8
18.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
9.1
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.2
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.6
15.7
17.4
-
Not Stated%
-
8.5
9.4
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
158
160
159
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.2
3.6
4.5
-
-
Total income$m
3.6
4.2
4.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 435
22 753
28 135
-
-
Average total income$
23 056
25 975
29 229
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
132
117
126
123
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
42
45
48
69
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
24
39
36
Total businessesno.
-
189
186
213
228
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
39
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
36
45
42
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
24
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
27
24
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year