National Regional Profile: Darling Downs SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 32005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
2 777
1 942
2 312
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.1
3.7
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
14 243
14 594
14 627
14 888
-
Taxable individualsno.
38 451
38 438
40 223
41 303
-
Taxable income$m
1 185.4
1 232.0
1 362.8
1 491.8
-
Average taxable income$
30 829
32 051
33 882
36 118
-
Net tax$m
239.3
254.7
281.9
316.0
-
Average net tax$
6 222
6 626
7 008
7 651
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
20.7
20.7
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
33 178
33 119
33 810
35 091
-
Wage and salary income $m
944.4
973.9
1 034.7
1 124.4
-
Total income $m
968.5
997.8
1 071.9
1 178.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 465
29 407
30 603
32 043
-
Average total income$
29 191
30 128
31 703
33 590
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.4
55.8
55.4
55.1
-
Females%
43.6
44.2
44.6
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
21.1
21.0
21.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.0
22.4
21.7
20.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.8
24.0
23.8
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.3
20.6
20.9
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.9
12.5
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.4
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
12.6
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
4.8
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.6
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.7
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.5
8.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
9.2
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.2
21.0
21.2
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.6
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
9 138
8 584
8 681
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
253.3
249.7
264.9
-
-
Total income$m
253.1
250.2
278.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 715
29 088
30 510
-
-
Average total income$
27 699
29 148
32 096
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 297
9 171
9 009
9 312
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 517
2 706
2 964
3 024
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 821
1 956
2 064
2 112
Total businessesno.
-
13 635
13 833
14 037
14 448
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 188
1 275
1 398
Employing businessesno.
-
-
456
522
558
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 644
1 797
1 956
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 257
1 401
1 119
Employing businessesno.
-
-
162
144
537
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 419
1 545
1 656
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year