National Regional Profile: Sarina (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA36550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
411
430
436
353
257
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.9
8.9
6.8
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 360
1 420
1 516
1 453
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 419
4 597
4 721
5 065
-
Taxable income$m
164.1
180.0
196.3
231.2
-
Average taxable income$
37 132
39 147
41 580
45 640
-
Net tax$m
37.7
42.3
46.9
56.5
-
Average net tax$
8 528
9 192
9 944
11 150
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.5
23.9
24.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 913
4 082
4 283
4 586
-
Wage and salary income $m
141.6
155.4
171.8
196.1
-
Total income $m
146.1
160.6
176.7
203.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 195
38 074
40 110
42 756
-
Average total income$
37 337
39 332
41 265
44 434
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
61.7
61.7
61.3
61.9
-
Females%
38.3
38.3
38.7
38.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.5
19.7
20.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.6
20.8
19.9
19.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
25.2
25.1
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.9
23.4
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.6
10.6
12.0
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.6
5.1
-
Professionals%
-
10.2
9.8
9.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.8
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.7
17.1
17.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.4
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
13.6
13.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
17.0
17.3
18.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.8
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.3
15.6
15.9
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
6.1
5.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
739
695
570
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.0
17.5
15.4
-
-
Total income$m
19.8
19.8
17.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 378
25 139
27 017
-
-
Average total income$
26 764
28 456
30 564
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
588
561
558
603
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
177
195
231
231
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
78
87
84
90
Total businessesno.
-
843
843
873
924
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
120
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
57
66
Total business entriesno.
-
-
84
177
213
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
78
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
162
93
132
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year