National Regional Profile: Browns Plains (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305304601   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 166
1 169
1 086
744
756
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.3
7.2
4.9
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 135
2 350
2 556
2 602
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 139
13 065
13 455
13 695
-
Taxable income$m
397.4
443.2
483.1
507.3
-
Average taxable income$
32 736
33 922
35 905
37 040
-
Net tax$m
83.9
96.0
104.9
110.1
-
Average net tax$
6 912
7 346
7 796
8 043
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.7
21.7
21.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 654
12 525
12 945
13 259
-
Wage and salary income $m
362.4
404.8
438.7
463.9
-
Total income $m
375.0
419.1
456.0
479.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 095
32 319
33 891
34 988
-
Average total income$
32 177
33 463
35 226
36 149
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.2
54.5
53.9
-
Females%
45.3
45.8
45.5
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.4
22.6
23.0
23.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.5
24.2
23.8
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.3
25.6
24.7
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.1
20.0
20.4
20.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.7
7.6
8.1
9.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.4
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
8.2
8.1
8.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.6
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.9
13.1
13.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.4
19.1
19.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.3
11.9
11.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
10.8
11.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.8
13.2
13.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
9.0
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 281
1 300
1 226
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
32.3
33.8
34.7
-
-
Total income$m
33.9
36.4
37.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 177
26 001
28 267
-
-
Average total income$
26 489
27 986
30 383
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 284
1 242
1 182
1 152
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
300
378
420
510
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
234
261
294
285
Total businessesno.
-
1 818
1 881
1 896
1 947
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
288
282
252
Employing businessesno.
-
-
105
129
141
Total business entriesno.
-
-
393
411
393
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
282
366
273
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
33
93
Total business exitsno.
-
-
285
399
366
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year