National Regional Profile: Ipswich (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305253974   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
83
66
78
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
3.7
2.7
3.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
416
435
472
486
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 678
1 748
1 832
1 850
-
Taxable income$m
57.9
62.8
70.0
74.0
-
Average taxable income$
34 514
35 947
38 195
40 013
-
Net tax$m
12.7
14.1
15.8
16.9
-
Average net tax$
7 596
8 092
8 638
9 109
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.5
22.6
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 553
1 626
1 705
1 726
-
Wage and salary income $m
51.3
55.3
60.7
63.9
-
Total income $m
53.0
57.2
63.3
66.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 008
33 997
35 601
37 017
-
Average total income$
34 106
35 167
37 095
38 445
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.7
55.0
54.8
54.3
-
Females%
44.3
45.0
45.2
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.8
19.8
19.6
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.5
20.7
20.1
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.3
26.8
26.7
26.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.2
22.3
22.9
22.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.4
10.7
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.0
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
12.9
12.9
12.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.4
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.8
13.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
2.3
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.0
17.9
18.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.7
7.9
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
8.3
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.4
13.4
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
10.1
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
248
223
216
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.7
5.9
6.1
-
-
Total income$m
6.3
6.5
6.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 833
26 253
28 014
-
-
Average total income$
25 375
29 037
31 832
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
297
306
288
294
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
66
84
93
102
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
48
54
54
54
Total businessesno.
-
411
444
435
450
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
27
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
36
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
60
63
72
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
24
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
51
27
60
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year