National Regional Profile: Surf Coast (S) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210106493   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
229
289
254
258
243
Unemployment rate%
4.3
4.7
4.2
4.0
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 348
1 447
1 477
1 532
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 415
5 654
5 851
6 181
-
Taxable income$m
206.4
235.4
251.9
276.9
-
Average taxable income$
38 116
41 630
43 048
44 792
-
Net tax$m
48.9
59.9
63.1
68.9
-
Average net tax$
9 025
10 588
10 792
11 151
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.7
25.4
25.1
24.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 600
4 775
4 922
5 193
-
Wage and salary income $m
159.7
175.7
188.9
208.2
-
Total income $m
170.0
186.6
199.9
220.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 721
36 805
38 374
40 091
-
Average total income$
36 951
39 070
40 621
42 454
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.0
51.6
51.5
51.7
-
Females%
48.0
48.4
48.5
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.0
16.4
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.3
24.7
24.5
24.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.9
25.7
24.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.7
23.8
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.6
8.6
9.6
10.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.5
11.4
11.2
-
Professionals%
-
25.0
25.5
24.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.9
8.1
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.2
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.8
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
15.2
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.6
4.3
4.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
8.6
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.0
6.3
5.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.8
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
746
754
703
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
19.9
21.9
20.7
-
-
Total income$m
22.2
24.7
23.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 663
29 082
29 472
-
-
Average total income$
29 796
32 769
32 792
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
912
891
840
897
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
213
258
288
300
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
144
165
168
183
Total businessesno.
-
1 269
1 314
1 296
1 380
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
168
114
153
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
51
66
Total business entriesno.
-
-
231
165
219
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
159
162
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
162
171
177
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year