National Regional Profile: Birkdale (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305506254   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
381
337
319
202
217
Unemployment rate%
5.8
4.6
4.0
2.5
2.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 417
1 418
1 560
1 564
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 445
6 601
6 702
6 927
-
Taxable income$m
240.4
254.5
274.2
294.6
-
Average taxable income$
37 293
38 553
40 920
42 529
-
Net tax$m
55.6
60.0
65.4
70.6
-
Average net tax$
8 633
9 097
9 751
10 188
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.1
23.6
23.8
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 941
6 023
6 063
6 216
-
Wage and salary income $m
202.1
212.2
224.5
237.9
-
Total income $m
213.6
223.3
235.3
252.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 016
35 235
37 030
38 265
-
Average total income$
35 946
37 080
38 800
40 566
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
53.3
53.7
53.0
-
Females%
46.9
46.7
46.3
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.7
20.7
21.0
21.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.2
19.6
19.3
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.7
24.1
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.0
23.9
24.2
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.2
11.4
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.5
9.8
9.3
-
Professionals%
-
13.5
13.4
13.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.6
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
12.3
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.5
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.0
20.0
20.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.2
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
10.7
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.8
9.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
9.1
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
658
635
595
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.2
18.2
17.9
-
-
Total income$m
20.1
20.4
20.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 695
28 606
30 114
-
-
Average total income$
30 611
32 114
34 797
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
828
804
771
759
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
186
204
243
270
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
87
99
105
123
Total businessesno.
-
1 101
1 107
1 119
1 152
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
102
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
63
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
183
165
174
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
204
192
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
210
195
159
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year