National Regional Profile: Gladstone (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 33010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 579
1 425
1 253
1 084
920
Unemployment rate%
7.4
6.7
5.8
4.7
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 973
4 061
4 149
4 307
-
Taxable individualsno.
17 173
18 463
18 851
19 173
-
Taxable income$m
681.9
792.7
882.9
901.1
-
Average taxable income$
39 707
42 937
46 837
47 000
-
Net tax$m
163.2
200.3
228.6
225.9
-
Average net tax$
9 504
10 849
12 129
11 782
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.9
25.3
25.9
25.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
16 744
17 987
18 381
18 709
-
Wage and salary income $m
627.8
725.3
800.3
814.1
-
Total income $m
647.7
747.8
831.3
849.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 493
40 323
43 541
43 513
-
Average total income$
38 681
41 572
45 227
45 419
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
60.2
60.5
60.2
59.2
-
Females%
39.8
39.5
39.8
40.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.7
19.8
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
24.4
24.0
22.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.3
26.4
26.1
25.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
20.5
20.8
21.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.0
9.4
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.4
5.5
5.9
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
12.4
12.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
18.8
18.5
18.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.2
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
13.4
13.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.7
10.9
10.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
9.2
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.4
14.8
14.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
8.0
7.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 545
1 464
1 363
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
40.9
45.6
44.7
-
-
Total income$m
45.1
51.0
51.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 481
31 153
32 793
-
-
Average total income$
29 219
34 809
38 064
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 917
1 683
1 512
1 542
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
489
570
693
786
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
537
585
669
630
Total businessesno.
-
2 943
2 838
2 874
2 958
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
282
309
324
Employing businessesno.
-
-
156
222
195
Total business entriesno.
-
-
438
531
519
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
453
447
288
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
21
129
Total business exitsno.
-
-
477
468
417
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year