National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - North-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016905   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
462
561
557
396
466
Unemployment rate%
4.9
6.0
5.7
4.2
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 116
2 193
2 268
2 253
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 932
8 147
8 401
8 577
-
Taxable income$m
274.9
291.8
321.1
341.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 652
35 816
38 218
39 867
-
Net tax$m
60.9
66.1
73.7
78.3
-
Average net tax$
7 672
8 117
8 768
9 127
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 291
7 449
7 656
7 807
-
Wage and salary income $m
229.7
241.4
257.8
272.9
-
Total income $m
240.4
252.9
273.6
288.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 498
32 403
33 667
34 959
-
Average total income$
32 968
33 955
35 731
36 963
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
52.7
52.9
52.8
-
Females%
46.9
47.3
47.1
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.3
23.4
23.9
24.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
23.0
22.8
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.4
22.0
21.4
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.6
20.5
20.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.9
11.4
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.3
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
17.6
17.6
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.2
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.4
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
17.7
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.4
5.5
5.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.9
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
12.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
10.7
10.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
788
749
714
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.7
24.0
24.7
-
-
Total income$m
27.5
27.2
28.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 319
32 060
34 636
-
-
Average total income$
34 862
36 370
39 705
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
732
669
600
615
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
159
204
249
264
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
189
204
225
228
Total businessesno.
-
1 080
1 077
1 074
1 107
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
144
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
45
69
Total business entriesno.
-
-
210
189
159
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
177
183
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
9
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
183
192
150
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year