National Regional Profile: Darling Downs (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
5 796
4 075
4 810
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.1
3.7
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
26 603
27 482
28 060
28 487
-
Taxable individualsno.
84 137
85 716
89 672
92 662
-
Taxable income$m
2 757.7
2 916.6
3 250.3
3 530.4
-
Average taxable income$
32 777
34 026
36 247
38 100
-
Net tax$m
585.4
634.5
714.2
780.7
-
Average net tax$
6 958
7 403
7 965
8 425
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
21.8
22.0
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
75 024
76 240
78 685
81 705
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 258.4
2 368.4
2 544.9
2 753.1
-
Total income $m
2 341.5
2 456.9
2 673.4
2 898.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 102
31 066
32 343
33 696
-
Average total income$
31 210
32 226
33 976
35 473
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.2
54.1
53.9
-
Females%
45.3
45.8
45.9
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.4
22.0
22.3
22.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.2
22.7
22.1
21.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.4
23.3
23.0
22.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.4
20.7
20.8
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.2
11.8
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.9
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
15.4
15.3
15.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
5.5
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.5
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.8
16.7
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.8
6.9
7.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
10.0
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.0
15.9
16.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.4
9.3
8.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
14 136
13 339
13 336
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
405.2
397.7
421.3
-
-
Total income$m
420.6
416.7
455.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 666
29 815
31 591
-
-
Average total income$
29 752
31 239
34 183
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 691
14 394
14 031
14 415
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 870
4 368
4 908
5 043
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 093
3 369
3 591
3 660
Total businessesno.
-
21 654
22 131
22 530
23 118
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 148
2 334
2 268
Employing businessesno.
-
-
828
1 026
1 065
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 976
3 360
3 333
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 343
2 631
2 046
Employing businessesno.
-
-
207
234
852
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 550
2 865
2 898
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year