National Regional Profile: Burdekin (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345151900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
629
717
540
506
559
Unemployment rate%
6.6
7.4
5.4
4.8
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 230
2 254
2 358
2 166
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 844
7 869
7 755
7 922
-
Taxable income$m
257.9
271.9
284.7
316.2
-
Average taxable income$
32 878
34 548
36 710
39 919
-
Net tax$m
53.0
57.4
61.3
69.6
-
Average net tax$
6 759
7 288
7 901
8 783
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.1
21.5
22.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 485
6 388
6 366
6 442
-
Wage and salary income $m
192.6
197.2
206.3
223.7
-
Total income $m
201.5
208.2
218.8
237.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 698
30 866
32 408
34 725
-
Average total income$
31 068
32 584
34 370
36 919
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.0
58.0
57.7
57.1
-
Females%
42.0
42.0
42.3
42.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
20.8
20.2
21.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.5
23.6
22.6
21.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
22.7
22.8
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.6
20.8
21.1
21.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.0
12.1
13.3
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.5
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
10.8
10.8
10.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.2
4.2
4.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.6
13.8
13.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.3
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
16.8
17.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.7
9.4
9.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
9.6
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.0
23.0
23.1
-
Not Stated%
-
4.9
4.5
4.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 825
1 795
1 686
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
50.8
54.0
52.4
-
-
Total income$m
55.7
58.4
57.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 841
30 061
31 050
-
-
Average total income$
30 509
32 555
33 892
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 236
1 167
1 140
1 359
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
525
543
576
510
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
402
435
465
450
Total businessesno.
-
2 163
2 145
2 181
2 319
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
162
324
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
114
141
Total business entriesno.
-
-
231
276
465
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
204
174
159
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
12
204
Total business exitsno.
-
-
222
186
363
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year