National Regional Profile: Rockhampton (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 33005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 153
3 063
2 852
2 421
1 926
Unemployment rate%
8.8
8.8
8.1
6.5
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 329
6 364
6 670
6 482
-
Taxable individualsno.
25 167
25 215
25 755
26 933
-
Taxable income$m
880.7
908.2
997.5
1 099.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 994
36 018
38 730
40 828
-
Net tax$m
196.3
205.9
230.1
256.3
-
Average net tax$
7 802
8 164
8 935
9 515
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.7
23.1
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
23 386
23 287
23 971
25 160
-
Wage and salary income $m
751.4
777.5
841.8
925.9
-
Total income $m
784.3
810.6
883.6
972.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 132
33 387
35 116
36 800
-
Average total income$
33 539
34 811
36 863
38 642
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.5
54.2
54.2
54.8
-
Females%
45.5
45.8
45.8
45.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
22.6
22.8
23.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.8
22.5
22.1
21.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.8
23.6
23.1
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.1
21.0
21.1
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.3
10.8
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
6.0
6.0
-
Professionals%
-
15.6
15.6
15.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.3
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.9
12.9
13.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.1
19.8
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.9
7.0
7.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
11.4
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.1
12.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
8.4
7.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 687
2 431
2 264
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
89.5
79.1
83.2
-
-
Total income$m
94.5
84.7
89.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 297
32 520
36 729
-
-
Average total income$
35 183
34 852
39 723
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 607
2 472
2 229
2 280
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
756
855
1 023
1 110
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
720
819
891
909
Total businessesno.
-
4 083
4 146
4 143
4 299
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
480
414
501
Employing businessesno.
-
-
225
243
255
Total business entriesno.
-
-
705
657
756
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
585
591
411
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
18
180
Total business exitsno.
-
-
609
609
591
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year