National Regional Profile: Gold Coast West (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30715   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
5 522
4 302
4 230
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
4.8
3.7
3.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
22 344
24 316
26 030
27 013
-
Taxable individualsno.
88 076
96 591
103 103
108 953
-
Taxable income$m
2 989.0
3 459.2
3 986.8
4 370.1
-
Average taxable income$
33 937
35 813
38 668
40 110
-
Net tax$m
666.0
799.7
943.5
1 028.8
-
Average net tax$
7 561
8 279
9 151
9 443
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
23.1
23.7
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
77 232
83 989
89 440
94 864
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 367.0
2 682.0
2 999.8
3 333.0
-
Total income $m
2 491.0
2 832.6
3 185.2
3 510.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 648
31 932
33 540
35 135
-
Average total income$
32 254
33 725
35 613
37 000
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.5
50.6
50.5
50.5
-
Females%
49.5
49.4
49.5
49.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
20.6
21.2
21.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.7
24.5
23.8
23.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.2
23.9
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.4
20.3
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.4
10.8
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.7
10.8
10.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.4
13.3
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.1
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.1
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.8
19.0
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.1
5.2
5.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
12.7
13.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.5
7.7
8.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
9.0
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
12 935
13 640
13 235
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
341.5
383.1
400.0
-
-
Total income$m
373.9
427.3
444.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 402
28 086
30 224
-
-
Average total income$
28 908
31 325
33 549
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 841
14 943
14 943
15 375
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 789
4 443
5 409
6 000
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 193
2 658
3 048
3 114
Total businessesno.
-
20 823
22 044
23 400
24 489
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 732
3 873
3 558
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 170
1 572
1 599
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 902
5 445
5 157
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 594
4 059
3 255
Employing businessesno.
-
-
135
177
945
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 729
4 236
4 200
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year