National Regional Profile: Wide Bay-Burnett (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
10 847
7 865
9 362
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
10.8
7.3
8.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
30 315
31 325
32 931
33 615
-
Taxable individualsno.
80 337
84 604
89 762
93 126
-
Taxable income$m
2 456.6
2 719.7
3 108.7
3 354.4
-
Average taxable income$
30 578
32 147
34 633
36 021
-
Net tax$m
496.6
567.8
662.5
714.3
-
Average net tax$
6 181
6 712
7 381
7 670
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
20.9
21.3
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
69 015
72 484
76 548
79 855
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 961.0
2 123.4
2 355.1
2 555.6
-
Total income $m
2 053.2
2 243.9
2 512.7
2 710.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 414
29 295
30 766
32 003
-
Average total income$
29 749
30 957
32 825
33 939
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.2
54.1
53.8
-
Females%
45.3
45.8
45.9
46.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.5
19.8
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.7
20.1
19.8
19.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.7
24.3
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
23.5
23.5
23.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.1
12.6
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.2
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
13.6
13.2
13.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
5.8
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.4
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.5
17.6
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.1
8.1
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
11.3
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.6
16.8
16.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
8.0
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
14 069
13 569
13 595
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
336.4
346.1
393.3
-
-
Total income$m
362.0
382.4
440.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 910
25 505
28 931
-
-
Average total income$
25 733
28 181
32 393
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 076
13 509
13 245
13 410
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 846
4 278
4 917
5 121
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 955
3 366
3 771
3 828
Total businessesno.
-
20 877
21 153
21 933
22 359
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 208
2 373
2 361
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 014
1 266
1 197
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3 222
3 639
3 558
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 505
2 685
2 214
Employing businessesno.
-
-
195
210
999
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 700
2 895
3 213
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year