National Regional Profile: Bruce (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805100729   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
68
75
71
65
61
Unemployment rate%
5.3
4.6
4.1
3.7
3.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
272
300
307
311
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 662
1 783
1 822
1 900
-
Taxable income$m
68.4
76.2
81.8
90.5
-
Average taxable income$
41 170
42 755
44 890
47 618
-
Net tax$m
16.8
19.1
20.5
22.8
-
Average net tax$
10 120
10 712
11 273
12 003
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.6
25.1
25.1
25.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 551
1 666
1 701
1 753
-
Wage and salary income $m
59.3
65.6
70.2
77.3
-
Total income $m
62.4
69.1
73.6
81.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 230
39 400
41 274
44 093
-
Average total income$
40 261
41 451
43 272
46 312
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.6
50.1
50.6
50.2
-
Females%
50.4
49.9
49.4
49.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.9
23.9
23.9
24.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
23.9
24.1
24.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
19.9
19.0
18.6
18.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.0
24.4
23.5
22.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.1
8.7
9.8
10.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.1
5.1
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
21.4
21.6
21.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.4
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.7
5.7
5.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.6
18.6
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
9.8
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.0
4.1
4.0
-
Not Stated%
-
25.0
23.6
23.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
117
118
106
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.7
3.9
3.8
-
-
Total income$m
4.0
4.3
4.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 439
33 192
35 692
-
-
Average total income$
34 611
36 590
40 159
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
105
114
108
126
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
39
39
45
57
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
42
51
54
39
Total businessesno.
-
186
204
207
222
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
24
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
21
33
48
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6
33
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
9
36
36
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year