National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253965   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 087
1 855
1 563
1 409
1 556
Unemployment rate%
9.9
8.7
7.5
6.4
6.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 292
3 637
4 164
4 477
-
Taxable individualsno.
16 714
18 050
19 480
21 224
-
Taxable income$m
537.6
606.9
689.0
785.6
-
Average taxable income$
32 163
33 625
35 371
37 013
-
Net tax$m
111.5
129.4
147.5
169.4
-
Average net tax$
6 669
7 170
7 572
7 982
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.3
21.4
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
16 359
17 485
18 941
20 772
-
Wage and salary income $m
500.5
560.9
636.3
733.1
-
Total income $m
519.5
582.5
660.9
757.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 597
32 077
33 592
35 294
-
Average total income$
31 758
33 314
34 891
36 483
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.3
56.2
56.2
55.7
-
Females%
43.7
43.8
43.8
44.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
21.6
21.9
22.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.5
25.6
25.5
25.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
24.8
24.6
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
19.7
19.3
19.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.8
8.3
8.7
9.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.4
5.7
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
9.2
9.2
9.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.6
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.6
12.6
12.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.6
18.7
18.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.9
11.2
11.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
9.5
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.5
15.3
15.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.7
10.5
9.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 429
1 482
1 444
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
33.5
37.2
39.3
-
-
Total income$m
36.1
40.3
43.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 416
25 082
27 213
-
-
Average total income$
25 238
27 196
29 797
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 407
1 407
1 410
1 473
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
366
450
573
648
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
246
291
324
348
Total businessesno.
-
2 019
2 148
2 307
2 469
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
372
411
372
Employing businessesno.
-
-
129
150
180
Total business entriesno.
-
-
501
561
552
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
360
411
309
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
24
99
Total business exitsno.
-
-
369
435
408
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year