National Regional Profile: Hervey Bay (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
2 067
1 525
1 820
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
12.9
8.9
10.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 650
5 788
6 313
6 679
-
Taxable individualsno.
13 916
15 602
17 108
18 133
-
Taxable income$m
418.4
499.1
591.0
645.4
-
Average taxable income$
30 067
31 986
34 545
35 595
-
Net tax$m
82.5
102.7
125.2
135.4
-
Average net tax$
5 930
6 583
7 321
7 466
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.7
20.6
21.2
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 316
12 550
13 793
14 770
-
Wage and salary income $m
313.9
360.4
414.5
460.7
-
Total income $m
334.6
388.5
450.1
495.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 741
28 714
30 048
31 194
-
Average total income$
29 567
30 959
32 631
33 556
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
51.4
51.2
51.4
-
Females%
48.4
48.6
48.8
48.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.4
18.4
19.3
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.7
20.2
19.7
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
25.1
24.7
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
24.1
23.7
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.4
12.2
12.6
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
7.1
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
14.9
14.4
14.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
6.9
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.8
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.8
19.6
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.5
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.0
13.4
12.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.8
11.0
11.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
8.4
8.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 104
2 220
2 275
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
50.4
61.2
72.0
-
-
Total income$m
55.3
68.2
80.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 963
27 547
31 665
-
-
Average total income$
26 285
30 720
35 500
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 911
1 869
1 818
1 830
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
606
717
852
909
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
447
555
621
615
Total businessesno.
-
2 964
3 141
3 291
3 354
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
471
447
417
Employing businessesno.
-
-
216
273
222
Total business entriesno.
-
-
687
720
639
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
486
474
453
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
30
195
Total business exitsno.
-
-
504
504
648
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year