National Regional Profile: Murgon (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315105500   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
118
174
154
109
150
Unemployment rate%
7.2
11.0
10.1
6.7
8.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
508
532
542
491
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 158
1 157
1 195
1 233
-
Taxable income$m
34.2
34.9
38.3
41.5
-
Average taxable income$
29 511
30 160
32 078
33 697
-
Net tax$m
6.6
6.9
7.5
8.3
-
Average net tax$
5 705
5 941
6 317
6 707
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.3
19.7
19.7
19.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 013
1 048
1 063
1 086
-
Wage and salary income $m
27.5
29.9
31.5
33.7
-
Total income $m
28.2
30.6
32.6
35.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 112
28 543
29 647
30 982
-
Average total income$
27 865
29 227
30 620
32 879
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
54.6
54.1
53.5
-
Females%
46.1
45.4
45.9
46.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
20.4
21.4
21.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.0
22.2
22.1
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.6
22.6
23.2
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.6
21.3
21.1
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.4
13.5
12.1
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.0
6.1
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
11.8
11.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.5
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.0
9.2
9.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
15.1
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
5.5
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.4
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.6
23.3
23.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
9.7
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
225
209
200
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.7
4.8
5.0
-
-
Total income$m
6.0
5.0
5.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 145
22 986
24 985
-
-
Average total income$
26 465
23 904
27 985
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
324
306
312
324
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
48
54
57
63
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
60
63
78
90
Total businessesno.
-
432
423
447
477
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
39
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
57
57
75
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
51
48
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
54
48
48
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year