National Regional Profile: Herberton (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33700   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
252
235
168
100
85
Unemployment rate%
11.9
11.4
7.9
4.6
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
832
748
838
728
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 801
1 687
1 890
1 594
-
Taxable income$m
56.7
54.6
63.3
55.1
-
Average taxable income$
31 479
32 338
33 469
34 537
-
Net tax$m
11.4
10.9
12.5
11.0
-
Average net tax$
6 317
6 480
6 610
6 905
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.0
19.7
20.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 513
1 399
1 586
1 400
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.9
40.3
47.1
42.4
-
Total income $m
43.9
42.4
49.7
44.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 715
28 812
29 727
30 294
-
Average total income$
29 011
30 323
31 361
31 929
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.6
54.1
54.8
53.6
-
Females%
47.4
45.9
45.2
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.3
16.1
15.3
17.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.3
17.2
16.6
14.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.9
26.3
25.3
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.2
25.4
26.9
27.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.2
14.9
15.8
15.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
5.8
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
16.7
14.5
14.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.1
4.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.9
10.7
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.4
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
16.2
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
9.5
9.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
8.2
8.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.6
20.4
20.2
-
Not Stated%
-
6.8
7.2
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
457
432
433
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
11.2
11.5
13.0
-
-
Total income$m
12.7
12.0
13.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 533
26 727
30 131
-
-
Average total income$
27 744
27 731
30 637
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
297
282
279
270
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
72
75
87
102
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
51
57
66
66
Total businessesno.
-
420
414
432
438
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
66
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
24
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
54
90
90
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63
66
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
66
78
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year