National Regional Profile: Sandgate (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071514   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
311
241
196
162
173
Unemployment rate%
9.9
7.8
6.5
5.2
5.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
600
588
626
638
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 657
2 694
2 801
2 851
-
Taxable income$m
92.4
97.9
107.3
113.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 789
36 353
38 314
39 892
-
Net tax$m
20.2
22.0
24.3
25.6
-
Average net tax$
7 616
8 170
8 675
8 994
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.5
22.6
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 501
2 506
2 618
2 659
-
Wage and salary income $m
82.4
85.7
93.7
100.0
-
Total income $m
86.1
89.9
98.1
103.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 946
34 182
35 776
37 618
-
Average total income$
34 427
35 866
37 466
39 069
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.7
52.3
52.4
-
Females%
47.2
47.3
47.7
47.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.0
18.0
18.8
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
23.1
22.5
22.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
25.3
25.1
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
22.6
22.1
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.1
11.6
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
14.9
14.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.3
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.7
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.4
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.7
20.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.6
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
10.6
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
9.5
9.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.9
10.6
10.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
231
229
220
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.4
6.1
6.2
-
-
Total income$m
5.9
6.7
6.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 588
26 645
28 047
-
-
Average total income$
25 605
29 274
30 983
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
327
357
327
324
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
84
114
135
141
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
57
60
75
78
Total businessesno.
-
468
531
537
543
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
60
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
27
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
90
87
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
108
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
111
93
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year