National Regional Profile: Burnett (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA31980   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 187
1 468
1 188
839
1 010
Unemployment rate%
11.5
13.6
11.2
7.4
8.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 970
3 130
3 332
3 352
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 554
9 053
9 543
10 068
-
Taxable income$m
264.6
293.3
337.0
369.0
-
Average taxable income$
30 927
32 402
35 314
36 647
-
Net tax$m
54.1
61.9
73.2
80.4
-
Average net tax$
6 323
6 836
7 667
7 981
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
21.1
21.7
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 506
7 885
8 320
8 787
-
Wage and salary income $m
214.6
231.4
256.0
281.0
-
Total income $m
226.0
246.0
275.8
299.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 590
29 343
30 767
31 977
-
Average total income$
30 109
31 203
33 145
34 101
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
54.1
54.3
53.7
-
Females%
45.2
45.9
45.7
46.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.4
20.2
20.4
20.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.3
20.5
19.9
19.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.4
24.4
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.9
23.1
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
11.9
12.3
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.7
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.2
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.0
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.5
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.6
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.3
17.6
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.7
7.7
7.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.7
11.4
11.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.6
15.7
15.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.6
7.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 226
1 196
1 201
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
30.2
31.8
36.6
-
-
Total income$m
32.9
35.1
41.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 623
26 560
30 443
-
-
Average total income$
26 874
29 355
34 344
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 215
1 194
1 131
1 221
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
315
375
456
495
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
216
264
303
312
Total businessesno.
-
1 746
1 833
1 890
2 028
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
240
234
228
Employing businessesno.
-
-
90
132
129
Total business entriesno.
-
-
330
366
357
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
219
264
207
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
12
78
Total business exitsno.
-
-
237
276
285
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year