National Regional Profile: Rockhampton (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 330056350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 892
2 800
2 612
2 233
1 780
Unemployment rate%
9.1
9.1
8.5
6.8
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 320
5 402
5 665
5 497
-
Taxable individualsno.
21 760
21 950
22 299
23 275
-
Taxable income$m
758.6
789.4
860.5
945.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 863
35 964
38 589
40 639
-
Net tax$m
168.9
178.6
197.9
219.7
-
Average net tax$
7 761
8 137
8 875
9 441
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.6
23.0
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
20 445
20 387
20 862
21 824
-
Wage and salary income $m
656.6
680.1
731.1
800.0
-
Total income $m
685.6
710.2
769.0
841.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 113
33 358
35 044
36 656
-
Average total income$
33 534
34 836
36 862
38 555
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
54.0
54.1
54.7
-
Females%
45.6
46.0
45.9
45.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.9
23.0
23.2
24.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.0
22.6
22.3
21.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.4
23.3
22.6
22.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
20.9
21.0
20.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.3
10.9
11.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.0
6.0
6.0
-
Professionals%
-
16.1
16.0
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.4
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.7
12.7
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.3
20.1
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.6
7.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.6
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.6
11.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.5
8.4
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 976
1 854
1 699
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
63.2
60.4
62.5
-
-
Total income$m
68.9
65.8
68.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 965
32 555
36 789
-
-
Average total income$
34 869
35 466
40 112
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 283
2 157
1 950
1 977
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
660
732
885
945
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
666
753
810
825
Total businessesno.
-
3 609
3 642
3 645
3 747
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
414
381
411
Employing businessesno.
-
-
207
225
222
Total business entriesno.
-
-
621
606
633
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
495
510
345
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
15
162
Total business exitsno.
-
-
516
525
507
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year