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EXPLANATORY NOTES (Link to Explanatory Notes page 29)

GLOSSARY (Link to Glossary page 30)

		Unit	Biggenden (S)	Bundaberg (C)	Burnett (S)	Cherbourg (AC)(a)	Cooloola (S)	Eidsvold (S)	Gayndah (S)
LAND AREA - at 1 July 2003		km2	1,316	96	2,004	32	2,967	4,809	2,709
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA - Census 2001
	Major cities	%	0.0	0.0	0.0	na	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Inner regional	%	0.0	100.0	57.3	na	96.5	0.0	0.0
	Outer regional	%	100.0	0.0	42.7	na	3.5	71.9	100.0
	Remote	%	0.0	0.0	0.0	na	0.0	28.1	0.0
	Very remote	%	0.0	0.0	0.0	na	0.0	0.0	0.0
POPULATION - at 30 June 2003
	Total - all persons	no.	1,552	45,358	25,193	1,249	34,746	944	2,913
	Aged 14 years and younger	no.	266	9,906	5,356	510	7,410	195	642
	Aged 15 years to 44 years	no.	492	17,314	8,971	561	12,930	355	1,126
	Aged 45 years to 64 years	no.	486	10,412	7,349	146	9,397	251	731
	Aged 65 years and over	no.	308	7,726	3,517	32	5,009	143	414
Proportion of total population
	Aged 14 years and younger	%	17.1	21.8	21.3	40.8	21.3	20.7	22.0
	Aged 15 years to 44 years	%	31.7	38.2	35.6	44.9	37.2	37.6	38.7
	Aged 45 years to 64 years	%	31.3	23.0	29.2	11.7	27.0	26.6	25.1
	Aged 65 years and over	%	19.8	17.0	14.0	2.6	14.4	15.1	14.2
Population density - 2003		persons/km2	1.2	475.0	12.6	39.0	11.7	0.2	1.1
Births - year ended 30 June 2003		no.	20	564	234	na	339	8	34
Crude birth rate - 2003		rate	12.9	12.5	9.4	na	9.9	8.5	11.7
Deaths - year ended 30 June 2003		no.	26	444	120	na	245	9	40
Crude death rate - 2003		rate	16.8	9.8	4.8	na	7.1	9.5	13.8
INDEX OF RELATIVE SOCIO- ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE/ DISADVANTAGE - Census 2001		decile	1	2	3	na	1	2	1
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - September quarter 2003
	Unemployment	no.	48	2,591	1,433	na	1,892	60	106
	Unemployment rate	%	7.3	13.4	13.3	na	12.7	11.9	6.7
SELECTED INCOME SUPPORT CUSTOMERS - at June 2003
	Age pension	no.	202	5,689	3,213	na	3,916	85	302
	Disability support pension	no.	100	2,342	1,344	na	2,007	31	107
	Newstart allowance	no.	40	2,018	1,147	na	1,528	49	96
	Parenting payment - single	no.	na	1,467	822	na	1,096	32	54
	Youth allowance	no.	na	1,157	667	na	837	na	31
	Other pensions and allowances	no.	84	2,652	1,522	na	2,369	na	111
	Total selected income support customers	no.	471	15,325	8,714	na	11,753	239	701
	Percentage of long-term Newstart allowance customers	%	na	65.5	65.7	na	67.8	na	65.8
AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL TAXABLE INCOME - year ended 30 June 2003		$	29,667	32,536	32,402	na	32,104	29,330	31,472
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS - year ended 30 June 2002
	Wage and salary earners	no.	321	13,627	7,506	na	9,550	226	1,059
	Wage and salary income	$m	7.5	391.5	214.6	na	269.5	5.7	26.4
	Total income	$m	7.7	412.3	226.0	na	281.8	5.8	27.9
	Average wage and salary income	$	23,419	28,728	28,590	na	28,224	25,116	24,966
	Average total income	$	24,034	30,253	30,109	na	29,506	25,687	26,316
SOURCE OF PERSONAL INCOME - year ended 30 June 2001
	Proportion of total personal income
	Wage and salary	%	48.8	62.0	61.7	na	58.5	47.7	57.1
	Own unincorporated business	%	18.6	6.6	6.8	na	9.6	29.2	18.6
	Investment	%	3.8	5.8	5.7	na	5.7	4.6	7.4
	Superannuation and annuity	%	1.4	2.3	2.3	na	2.2	0.9	1.1
	Government cash benefit	%	26.6	22.9	23.0	na	23.5	17.3	15.6
	Other income	%	0.8	0.5	0.5	na	0.5	0.3	0.1
Total personal income from all sources		$m	20.8	637.9	328.8	na	457.2	13.0	46.4
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June 2003
	Private sector houses	no.	2	156	288	na	286	4	6
	Total dwelling units	no.	2	245	305	na	291	4	6
	Value of total residential building	$m	0.4	31.7	48.4	na	37.0	0.4	1.2
	Value of total non-residential building	$m	0.4	17.5	8.5	na	11.1	0.1	3.1
	Value of total building	$m	0.8	49.2	56.9	na	48.1	0.5	4.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June 2003
	Passenger vehicles	no.	9	790	441	na	464	5	35
	Other vehicles	no.	15	558	312	na	443	19	48
	Total vehicles	no.	24	1,348	753	na	907	24	83
VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION - year ended 30 June 2001
	Value of crops	$m	2.6	14.3	138.7	na	28.7	2.7	26.0
	Value of livestock slaughterings and other disposals	$m	6.7	0.3	5.7	na	19.5	14.3	15.1
	Value of livestock products	$m	2.6	-	*	na	22.9	0.1	0.5
	Total value of agriculture	$m	11.9	14.6	145.1	na	71.2	17.1	41.6
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES - 2003-04
	Operating revenues	$'000	3,524	46,373	26,872	na	39,020	6,138	4,833
	Total expenses	$'000	3,287	38,449	22,062	na	32,163	6,227	5,798
	Total assets	$'000	27,506	386,028	257,162	na	312,864	43,806	57,185
	Total liabilities	$'000	241	24,589	19,031	na	16,964	853	1,227
	Net debt	$'000	-4,133	-13,310	-331	na	-29,254	-846	-292
	Net financial worth	$'000	4,158	7,157	-2,150	na	23,913	516	-
TOURIST ACCOMMODATION - 30 June 2004
	Establishments	no.	-	17	np	na	11	-	np
	Rooms/units at 30 June 2004	no.	-	447	np	na	269	-	np
	Room occupancy rate	%	-	64.3	np	na	53.3	-	np
	Takings from accommodation	$'000	-	8,002	np	na	3,928	-	np
NUMBER OF SINGLE LOCATION BUSINESSES - 30 June 2001		no.	242	3,813	2,154	na	3,609	212	462
HOUSING SALES AND VALUES - 31 December 2004
	Number of sales	no.	33	1,326	439	na	639	13	57
	House prices - median value	$	98,000	179,963	275,000	na	190,000	50,000	94,000
	House prices - average value	$	96,201	192,205	300,986	na	215,609	54,154	101,947
SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS - August 2004
	Government schools	no.	4	16	14	na	21	2	3
	Government school students	no.	179	7,818	1,880	na	5,478	112	410
	Non-government schools	no.	-	8	-	na	4	-	1
	Non-government school students	no.	-	2,793	-	na	1,280	-	68
MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER - 31 March 2004(b)
	Passenger cars and motor cycles	no.	680	23,078	13,023	na	18,487	356	1,301
	Light commercial vehicles	no.	327	5,696	3,284	na	5,684	247	661
	Trucks, prime movers, and buses	no.	133	1,109	635	na	1,432	103	167
na not available np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable * Estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50%. Data are subject to sampling variability too high for most practical purposes. - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) (a) Information for Aboriginal Council (AC) and Island Council (IC) LGAs and the residual LGAs from which they were formed, are available only for land area and population estimates (for 2002). See Explanatory Notes for further details. (b) Vehicles registered out of the state, or vehicles where the postcodes of owners could not be allocated to an LGA/SD are excluded. As a result, the Queensland totals do not agree with totals published in Motor Vehicle Census, Australia (cat. no. 9309.0), where these vehicles are included as 'Out of state/unspecified'.

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