National Regional Profile: Herston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305011274   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
160
116
103
115
109
Unemployment rate%
16.0
11.1
9.3
9.7
9.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
108
120
134
145
-
Taxable individualsno.
684
805
927
1 041
-
Taxable income$m
30.2
37.4
44.2
52.9
-
Average taxable income$
44 151
46 482
47 694
50 845
-
Net tax$m
8.2
10.4
12.1
14.7
-
Average net tax$
11 917
12 905
13 040
14 124
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.0
27.8
27.3
27.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
617
752
848
973
-
Wage and salary income $m
24.8
31.1
35.9
42.9
-
Total income $m
26.0
32.9
38.5
45.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 151
41 316
42 366
44 099
-
Average total income$
42 057
43 810
45 355
46 295
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.6
52.5
52.7
53.2
-
Females%
46.4
47.5
47.3
46.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.6
23.4
24.0
25.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
40.0
38.8
39.5
41.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
19.1
17.4
17.6
15.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
12.6
13.3
12.4
11.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.6
7.2
6.6
6.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.1
11.5
11.6
-
Professionals%
-
29.7
28.7
29.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
7.8
7.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.9
5.2
4.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
3.5
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.2
18.8
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.8
1.9
2.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
6.7
6.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.8
4.6
4.8
-
Not Stated%
-
11.4
11.3
10.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
58
64
53
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.2
2.5
2.1
-
-
Total income$m
2.4
2.7
2.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 404
38 475
39 458
-
-
Average total income$
41 918
42 603
43 337
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
123
111
99
111
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
24
24
36
39
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
18
24
24
24
Total businessesno.
-
165
159
159
174
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
18
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
3
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
42
21
36
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
24
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
24
24
21
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year