National Regional Profile: Gold Coast SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30720   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
368
338
321
238
245
Unemployment rate%
5.9
5.0
4.7
3.4
3.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 398
1 482
1 582
1 656
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 880
5 272
5 733
6 087
-
Taxable income$m
159.1
180.3
209.9
234.4
-
Average taxable income$
32 594
34 197
36 622
38 500
-
Net tax$m
33.8
39.6
46.8
52.4
-
Average net tax$
6 927
7 512
8 170
8 601
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
22.0
22.3
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 180
4 468
4 861
5 168
-
Wage and salary income $m
125.7
140.4
160.1
179.8
-
Total income $m
131.4
147.6
169.4
188.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 062
31 421
32 934
34 780
-
Average total income$
31 437
33 024
34 842
36 518
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
52.7
52.2
52.4
-
Females%
47.3
47.3
47.8
47.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.1
17.7
18.2
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.7
22.3
21.8
21.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.5
26.2
25.9
25.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
22.0
21.8
22.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.0
11.8
12.3
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.8
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.5
13.5
13.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.8
12.8
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.3
18.6
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.3
7.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.7
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.3
10.9
11.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
9.1
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
900
900
876
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
21.4
22.4
24.7
-
-
Total income$m
23.2
24.8
27.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 790
24 883
28 191
-
-
Average total income$
25 755
27 501
31 226
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 029
1 041
987
1 041
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
327
354
441
474
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
126
141
150
150
Total businessesno.
-
1 482
1 536
1 578
1 665
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
168
186
243
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
120
78
Total business entriesno.
-
-
237
306
321
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
189
222
183
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
27
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
201
249
234
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year