National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016908   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
518
654
656
466
550
Unemployment rate%
4.9
6.0
5.6
4.1
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 502
2 581
2 694
2 711
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 380
9 589
9 976
10 322
-
Taxable income$m
325.0
343.5
381.2
411.5
-
Average taxable income$
34 654
35 816
38 217
39 866
-
Net tax$m
72.0
77.8
87.5
94.2
-
Average net tax$
7 672
8 117
8 767
9 126
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 623
8 767
9 091
9 395
-
Wage and salary income $m
271.6
284.1
306.1
328.4
-
Total income $m
284.3
297.7
324.8
347.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 495
32 404
33 667
34 959
-
Average total income$
32 965
33 956
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
22.7
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.4
22.0
21.4
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.7
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%
-
17.7
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
10.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
931
882
848
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
29.2
28.3
29.4
-
-
Total income$m
32.5
32.1
33.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 349
32 044
34 629
-
-
Average total income$
34 895
36 352
39 697
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
792
804
714
678
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
168
210
237
285
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
159
180
201
204
Total businessesno.
-
1 119
1 194
1 152
1 167
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
177
177
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
96
93
Total business entriesno.
-
-
237
273
210
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
141
186
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
15
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
141
201
183
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year