National Regional Profile: Longreach (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA34700   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
83
82
72
51
47
Unemployment rate%
3.7
3.5
3.0
2.0
1.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
449
459
452
428
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 688
1 656
1 667
1 636
-
Taxable income$m
59.2
57.0
61.9
61.5
-
Average taxable income$
35 063
34 442
37 152
37 614
-
Net tax$m
12.7
12.3
13.4
13.2
-
Average net tax$
7 520
7 416
8 033
8 091
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
21.5
21.6
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 509
1 515
1 484
1 458
-
Wage and salary income $m
47.3
47.9
50.0
50.3
-
Total income $m
48.5
49.6
52.1
52.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 332
31 635
33 699
34 468
-
Average total income$
32 157
32 718
35 088
35 931
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.1
48.9
50.2
49.5
-
Females%
48.9
51.1
49.8
50.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
25.6
25.6
23.9
24.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.0
23.0
22.6
23.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.3
23.9
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.0
18.6
18.9
18.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.7
9.5
10.7
10.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.3
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
17.4
16.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
8.9
8.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.4
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
17.6
18.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.5
5.8
5.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.0
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.1
13.9
15.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.2
7.1
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
387
274
291
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
16.7
7.9
9.2
-
-
Total income$m
14.4
8.2
10.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
43 194
28 931
31 661
-
-
Average total income$
37 138
29 876
35 862
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
321
324
309
330
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
147
159
174
183
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
78
90
102
108
Total businessesno.
-
546
573
585
621
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
30
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
18
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
66
48
78
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
66
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
69
63
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year