National Regional Profile: Toowoomba (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320016901   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
355
428
423
301
354
Unemployment rate%
4.8
5.7
5.3
3.9
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 579
1 629
1 674
1 656
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 918
6 053
6 200
6 305
-
Taxable income$m
205.1
216.8
236.9
251.4
-
Average taxable income$
34 652
35 816
38 217
39 870
-
Net tax$m
45.4
49.1
54.4
57.5
-
Average net tax$
7 672
8 117
8 767
9 127
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 440
5 534
5 650
5 739
-
Wage and salary income $m
171.3
179.3
190.2
200.6
-
Total income $m
179.3
187.9
201.9
212.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 496
32 402
33 667
34 961
-
Average total income$
32 966
33 954
35 731
36 965
-
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%
-
17.6
17.6
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.2
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.3
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
10.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
587
557
528
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.4
17.8
18.3
-
-
Total income$m
20.5
20.2
20.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 368
32 027
34 566
-
-
Average total income$
34 916
36 333
39 625
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 104
1 056
1 020
1 008
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
381
450
510
504
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
453
504
528
525
Total businessesno.
-
1 938
2 010
2 058
2 037
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
201
222
174
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
120
102
Total business entriesno.
-
-
279
342
276
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
213
273
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
24
99
Total business exitsno.
-
-
225
297
279
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year