National Regional Profile: Surf Coast (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26490   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
398
486
457
467
431
Unemployment rate%
4.4
4.7
4.4
4.3
3.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 435
2 546
2 610
2 697
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 785
9 150
9 401
9 815
-
Taxable income$m
324.4
361.2
389.4
425.5
-
Average taxable income$
36 925
39 480
41 422
43 348
-
Net tax$m
74.6
88.4
94.9
103.6
-
Average net tax$
8 488
9 660
10 094
10 553
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
24.5
24.4
24.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 242
7 474
7 683
7 994
-
Wage and salary income $m
242.9
264.2
282.7
309.1
-
Total income $m
258.9
279.8
299.5
326.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 543
35 353
36 791
38 667
-
Average total income$
35 752
37 441
38 987
40 874
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.2
51.7
51.8
51.9
-
Females%
47.8
48.3
48.2
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
16.9
16.6
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.9
23.5
22.8
22.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
26.3
25.9
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
23.9
24.1
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.2
9.3
10.6
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.9
10.8
10.8
-
Professionals%
-
23.4
23.7
23.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.3
8.3
8.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.8
10.8
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.6
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.9
15.0
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
4.9
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.0
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.3
7.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
7.7
7.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 377
1 388
1 294
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
36.6
39.4
36.2
-
-
Total income$m
41.1
44.1
40.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 575
28 394
27 950
-
-
Average total income$
29 872
31 774
31 462
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 575
1 557
1 491
1 554
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
420
486
540
543
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
294
348
363
375
Total businessesno.
-
2 289
2 391
2 394
2 472
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
273
216
252
Employing businessesno.
-
-
132
93
114
Total business entriesno.
-
-
405
309
366
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
315
294
225
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
24
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
321
318
321
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year