National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253976   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
213
173
161
132
162
Unemployment rate%
4.8
4.2
3.9
3.0
3.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
760
755
818
854
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 176
3 146
3 266
3 299
-
Taxable income$m
110.5
113.0
123.5
131.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 786
35 916
37 815
39 809
-
Net tax$m
24.4
25.3
27.8
29.8
-
Average net tax$
7 691
8 054
8 498
9 037
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.4
22.5
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 979
2 938
3 063
3 113
-
Wage and salary income $m
98.9
100.0
108.1
114.2
-
Total income $m
102.5
104.0
113.3
118.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 198
34 037
35 292
36 679
-
Average total income$
34 418
35 391
36 991
38 060
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.4
55.8
55.2
54.2
-
Females%
43.6
44.2
44.8
45.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
19.0
19.4
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.2
20.5
20.1
19.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.8
26.2
25.8
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.4
23.6
23.3
23.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
10.7
11.4
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.5
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
12.3
12.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.3
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.4
14.4
14.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
17.6
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.4
8.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.1
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.9
14.5
14.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
10.0
9.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
405
352
353
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.2
9.2
9.8
-
-
Total income$m
10.3
10.3
11.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 787
26 058
27 874
-
-
Average total income$
25 418
29 326
31 048
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
375
369
351
384
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
72
102
135
135
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
48
57
63
66
Total businessesno.
-
495
528
549
585
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
51
66
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
45
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
69
96
96
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
102
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
12
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
114
87
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year