National Regional Profile: Eight Mile Plains (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305111198   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
514
401
390
298
312
Unemployment rate%
8.7
6.2
5.9
4.4
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 342
1 413
1 432
1 443
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 926
5 185
5 490
5 769
-
Taxable income$m
169.0
184.4
206.4
227.0
-
Average taxable income$
34 312
35 564
37 594
39 351
-
Net tax$m
38.0
42.1
47.5
52.2
-
Average net tax$
7 723
8 120
8 660
9 044
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
22.8
23.0
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 619
4 857
5 062
5 348
-
Wage and salary income $m
149.1
160.7
178.0
195.0
-
Total income $m
155.4
168.1
186.7
204.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 283
33 095
35 158
36 453
-
Average total income$
33 632
34 608
36 872
38 185
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.8
51.8
52.4
52.0
-
Females%
48.2
48.2
47.6
48.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
22.5
21.8
22.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.2
24.9
25.5
25.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.8
21.7
21.4
20.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.2
21.2
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.9
9.7
10.1
10.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.7
8.1
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
18.4
18.9
18.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
7.4
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.4
8.0
7.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.9
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.1
19.3
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.5
5.4
6.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.0
10.7
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.8
8.0
8.4
-
Not Stated%
-
11.4
11.3
10.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
413
424
428
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.4
12.3
12.9
-
-
Total income$m
11.6
13.7
14.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 249
29 110
30 164
-
-
Average total income$
27 969
32 378
34 184
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
642
627
657
684
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
123
165
219
243
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
93
117
123
144
Total businessesno.
-
858
909
999
1 071
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
171
180
189
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
90
90
Total business entriesno.
-
-
243
270
279
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
120
144
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
9
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
162
129
183
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year