National Regional Profile: Tweed Heads & Tweed Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 271
2 012
1 550
1 830
1 688
Unemployment rate%
11.0
9.0
6.7
8.4
7.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 007
7 575
7 812
7 782
-
Taxable individualsno.
18 619
20 054
21 254
22 312
-
Taxable income$m
589.1
668.0
768.5
824.7
-
Average taxable income$
31 641
33 308
36 156
36 964
-
Net tax$m
120.0
142.2
169.2
178.5
-
Average net tax$
6 448
7 091
7 962
8 000
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
21.3
22.0
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 145
15 959
16 973
17 742
-
Wage and salary income $m
435.4
481.7
537.7
586.5
-
Total income $m
462.9
513.5
577.1
620.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 750
30 182
31 680
33 056
-
Average total income$
30 565
32 173
34 003
34 973
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.8
50.6
50.5
50.7
-
Females%
49.2
49.4
49.5
49.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
19.2
20.0
20.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.7
19.3
18.9
19.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
25.0
24.2
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.8
24.1
23.8
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.2
12.4
13.1
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.3
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
14.9
14.5
14.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.4
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.9
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.1
18.9
18.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
6.0
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.7
13.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.5
9.5
9.8
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
9.2
8.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 932
3 017
2 981
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
72.4
79.6
83.7
-
-
Total income$m
79.6
87.9
94.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 699
26 391
28 094
-
-
Average total income$
27 155
29 143
31 595
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 826
2 748
2 607
2 628
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
681
786
903
951
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
462
567
600
600
Total businessesno.
-
3 969
4 101
4 110
4 179
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
603
552
531
Employing businessesno.
-
-
222
237
249
Total business entriesno.
-
-
825
789
780
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
660
645
504
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
33
132
Total business exitsno.
-
-
708
678
636
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year