National Regional Profile: Fortitude Valley (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305011227   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
138
155
146
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.4
7.8
7.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
193
294
313
372
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 231
1 974
2 188
2 769
-
Taxable income$m
54.6
91.7
103.0
140.1
-
Average taxable income$
44 329
46 482
47 056
50 581
-
Net tax$m
14.8
25.5
28.0
38.9
-
Average net tax$
11 990
12 905
12 787
14 044
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.0
27.8
27.2
27.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 110
1 772
1 992
2 570
-
Wage and salary income $m
44.6
72.4
83.3
112.0
-
Total income $m
46.8
76.8
88.7
117.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 221
40 866
41 811
43 563
-
Average total income$
42 200
43 312
44 502
45 881
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
52.8
52.3
52.9
-
Females%
45.4
47.2
47.7
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.1
23.9
25.0
25.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
40.1
39.3
40.3
42.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
18.7
17.2
16.8
15.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
12.3
12.8
11.7
11.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.8
6.8
6.2
6.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.1
11.9
11.8
-
Professionals%
-
28.5
28.0
28.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.8
7.9
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.8
4.7
4.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.6
3.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
18.9
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.2
1.9
2.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.3
6.9
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.7
4.5
4.9
-
Not Stated%
-
11.7
11.7
11.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
104
151
127
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.0
5.9
5.1
-
-
Total income$m
4.5
6.6
5.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 640
39 281
40 382
-
-
Average total income$
43 361
43 492
44 352
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
825
798
807
852
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
246
279
354
384
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
471
510
579
594
Total businessesno.
-
1 542
1 587
1 740
1 830
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
186
165
156
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
138
129
Total business entriesno.
-
-
285
303
285
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
225
156
159
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
27
120
Total business exitsno.
-
-
234
183
279
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year