National Regional Profile: Brisbane (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA31000   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
28 546
25 290
23 478
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.4
4.6
4.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
90 756
93 236
97 535
97 211
-
Taxable individualsno.
423 546
439 684
455 282
473 669
-
Taxable income$m
17 121.4
18 570.6
20 366.6
22 421.1
-
Average taxable income$
40 424
42 236
44 734
47 335
-
Net tax$m
4 271.6
4 753.9
5 262.5
5 845.4
-
Average net tax$
10 085
10 812
11 559
12 341
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.9
25.6
25.8
26.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
384 553
396 058
410 376
426 649
-
Wage and salary income $m
14 066.7
15 023.3
16 294.3
17 748.5
-
Total income $m
14 850.4
15 877.8
17 257.3
18 767.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 579
37 932
39 706
41 600
-
Average total income$
38 617
40 090
42 053
43 989
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.3
51.3
51.3
51.5
-
Females%
48.7
48.7
48.7
48.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
19.9
20.2
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.3
27.8
27.5
27.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.8
22.7
22.5
22.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
19.2
19.0
18.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.4
10.7
11.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.3
9.3
9.4
-
Professionals%
-
22.9
22.8
23.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.2
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.5
7.5
7.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
3.0
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
18.8
18.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.4
4.5
4.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.0
9.0
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.5
6.8
7.2
-
Not Stated%
-
11.3
11.2
10.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
35 942
35 777
34 219
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1 293.1
1 420.5
1 478.8
-
-
Total income$m
1 459.4
1 588.2
1 658.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 977
39 704
43 214
-
-
Average total income$
40 605
44 391
48 456
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
59 709
59 466
57 147
57 684
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
16 332
19 062
22 983
24 648
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
14 172
15 867
17 367
17 448
Total businessesno.
-
90 213
94 395
97 497
99 780
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12 816
12 222
11 778
Employing businessesno.
-
-
4 995
6 141
5 826
Total business entriesno.
-
-
17 811
18 363
17 604
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
13 245
14 130
11 103
Employing businessesno.
-
-
654
1 011
4 140
Total business exitsno.
-
-
13 899
15 141
15 243
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year