National Regional Profile: Balonne (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 325050300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
81
117
123
89
104
Unemployment rate%
3.0
3.8
3.6
2.7
3.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
679
847
814
737
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 348
2 097
2 119
2 231
-
Taxable income$m
78.7
70.2
73.0
81.8
-
Average taxable income$
33 534
33 475
34 443
36 657
-
Net tax$m
17.0
15.2
15.7
17.2
-
Average net tax$
7 242
7 269
7 389
7 716
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
21.7
21.5
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 017
1 866
1 864
1 911
-
Wage and salary income $m
58.4
54.6
57.1
62.0
-
Total income $m
58.7
55.6
59.7
62.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 947
29 234
30 654
32 466
-
Average total income$
29 103
29 783
32 045
32 900
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.9
56.3
56.1
55.6
-
Females%
43.1
43.7
43.9
44.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.9
20.7
21.2
21.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.3
26.9
25.2
24.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.0
23.4
24.5
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.3
18.0
17.4
17.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
10.9
11.7
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.2
9.2
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
11.8
11.8
12.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.7
4.5
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.6
10.6
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.5
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.7
14.5
14.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.1
7.4
7.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.7
7.0
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.9
25.9
27.2
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.5
6.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
593
425
386
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
25.6
18.1
13.4
-
-
Total income$m
20.2
17.8
14.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
43 153
42 510
34 602
-
-
Average total income$
34 112
41 839
38 607
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
522
519
498
516
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
168
180
192
186
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
219
231
252
252
Total businessesno.
-
909
930
942
954
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
63
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
45
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
114
108
132
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
96
96
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
3
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
108
99
111
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year