National Regional Profile: Surf Coast (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210106495   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
169
197
203
209
188
Unemployment rate%
4.5
4.6
4.8
4.7
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 087
1 099
1 133
1 165
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 370
3 496
3 550
3 634
-
Taxable income$m
118.0
125.9
137.5
148.6
-
Average taxable income$
35 010
36 004
38 743
40 891
-
Net tax$m
25.7
28.5
31.8
34.7
-
Average net tax$
7 624
8 161
8 944
9 536
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.7
23.1
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 642
2 699
2 761
2 801
-
Wage and salary income $m
83.2
88.5
93.8
100.9
-
Total income $m
88.9
93.3
99.6
106.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 493
32 784
33 969
36 026
-
Average total income$
33 662
34 557
36 075
37 945
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
51.8
52.3
52.1
-
Females%
47.3
48.2
47.7
47.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.3
16.7
17.0
16.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.6
21.4
19.6
19.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.1
27.1
26.2
24.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.8
24.3
24.8
25.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.2
10.5
12.4
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.9
9.8
10.0
-
Professionals%
-
20.6
20.4
20.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.1
8.6
9.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.2
11.7
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.2
14.8
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.7
5.8
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.9
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
9.2
9.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.6
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
631
634
591
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
16.7
17.5
15.4
-
-
Total income$m
18.9
19.4
17.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 471
27 575
26 140
-
-
Average total income$
29 961
30 591
29 881
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
663
666
651
657
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
207
228
252
243
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
150
183
195
192
Total businessesno.
-
1 020
1 077
1 098
1 092
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
102
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
42
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
174
144
147
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
156
132
96
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
15
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
159
147
144
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year