National Regional Profile: Laidley (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 312104450   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
623
483
442
347
447
Unemployment rate%
9.2
7.7
7.2
5.3
6.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 352
1 424
1 531
1 642
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 589
4 830
5 018
5 257
-
Taxable income$m
140.8
154.2
168.4
181.7
-
Average taxable income$
30 679
31 924
33 560
34 572
-
Net tax$m
28.2
31.5
34.4
37.2
-
Average net tax$
6 149
6 517
6 851
7 072
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.0
20.4
20.4
20.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 234
4 382
4 542
4 816
-
Wage and salary income $m
123.0
130.9
142.3
155.3
-
Total income $m
128.2
137.0
149.9
161.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 043
29 871
31 320
32 241
-
Average total income$
30 277
31 261
32 991
33 475
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.1
56.0
56.2
55.4
-
Females%
42.9
44.0
43.8
44.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.7
18.9
19.1
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.9
18.8
19.0
18.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.1
26.7
25.7
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
23.4
23.3
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.3
12.2
12.9
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.5
4.4
4.8
-
Professionals%
-
9.5
8.8
8.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
4.6
4.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
14.7
14.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
16.6
17.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.5
10.7
10.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.8
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.9
22.4
21.8
-
Not Stated%
-
6.9
7.3
7.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
719
738
719
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.1
19.7
19.5
-
-
Total income$m
17.9
19.7
20.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 851
26 744
27 092
-
-
Average total income$
24 827
26 649
28 996
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
696
678
663
720
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
159
198
228
225
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
108
117
129
129
Total businessesno.
-
963
993
1 020
1 074
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
114
144
Employing businessesno.
-
-
75
54
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
207
168
177
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
132
96
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
15
69
Total business exitsno.
-
-
156
147
165
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year