National Regional Profile: Barcoo (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA30450   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Unemployment rate%
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
71
46
69
63
-
Taxable individualsno.
181
106
175
180
-
Taxable income$m
6.2
3.7
6.1
6.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 462
34 579
34 776
38 230
-
Net tax$m
1.3
0.8
1.2
1.4
-
Average net tax$
7 007
7 135
6 983
7 736
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
20.6
20.1
20.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
164
169
171
164
-
Wage and salary income $m
4.7
5.0
5.1
5.3
-
Total income $m
4.8
5.1
5.3
5.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 831
29 519
30 081
32 542
-
Average total income$
29 472
30 031
30 984
34 437
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.6
57.3
54.7
57.4
-
Females%
42.4
42.7
45.3
42.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
24.2
25.1
25.3
25.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.0
20.5
19.4
21.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.3
27.5
25.9
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.6
17.0
18.8
14.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.9
9.9
10.6
14.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
8.2
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
9.8
9.9
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
5.8
4.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
13.5
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
5.5
0.0
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
11.7
7.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.2
9.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
2.7
4.7
6.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
29.5
28.1
34.1
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
9.9
4.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
61
41
33
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.3
1.0
1.3
-
-
Total income$m
1.8
0.9
1.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 291
23 517
40 729
-
-
Average total income$
29 566
22 660
43 919
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
42
33
39
45
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
9
9
9
12
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6
6
6
3
Total businessesno.
-
57
48
54
60
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
0
6
15
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
9
6
12
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year