National Regional Profile: Coolangatta (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103527   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
408
362
334
261
236
Unemployment rate%
20.5
17.3
15.7
12.0
10.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
933
640
627
677
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 846
1 973
2 122
2 294
-
Taxable income$m
59.1
67.7
79.2
87.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 037
34 304
37 325
37 970
-
Net tax$m
12.7
15.3
18.4
19.3
-
Average net tax$
6 876
7 762
8 679
8 417
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.6
23.3
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 406
1 482
1 597
1 785
-
Wage and salary income $m
42.0
45.3
51.9
59.5
-
Total income $m
44.6
48.4
55.5
63.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 893
30 569
32 516
33 308
-
Average total income$
31 736
32 684
34 756
35 436
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.6
53.0
52.8
52.2
-
Females%
47.4
47.0
47.2
47.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.2
24.2
21.8
23.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
24.0
26.7
27.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.4
19.2
17.8
16.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
21.6
22.2
21.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.0
11.5
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.2
8.5
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.2
12.7
13.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.6
8.9
9.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.9
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
19.5
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
6.1
5.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.2
12.8
12.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.5
8.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.7
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
292
305
284
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7.2
8.2
8.3
-
-
Total income$m
7.9
9.1
9.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 766
27 024
29 301
-
-
Average total income$
27 215
29 908
32 694
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
333
342
330
318
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
105
126
135
159
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
102
126
129
126
Total businessesno.
-
540
594
594
603
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
93
78
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
48
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
105
141
129
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
96
120
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
96
126
120
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year