National Regional Profile: Gold Coast East (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30710   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
7 101
5 458
4 972
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.7
5.8
5.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
20 857
20 340
20 658
20 619
-
Taxable individualsno.
73 547
74 721
77 825
80 641
-
Taxable income$m
2 566.9
2 814.6
3 177.2
3 495.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 901
37 668
40 825
43 349
-
Net tax$m
590.2
684.5
791.1
879.8
-
Average net tax$
8 025
9 161
10 166
10 910
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
24.3
24.9
25.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
61 252
61 564
63 842
66 355
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 864.3
1 971.2
2 154.6
2 342.6
-
Total income $m
1 986.8
2 099.3
2 313.1
2 512.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 436
32 018
33 748
35 304
-
Average total income$
32 437
34 100
36 231
37 866
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
50.3
50.6
50.6
-
Females%
49.9
49.7
49.4
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
21.5
21.9
22.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.0
26.9
26.8
26.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.5
20.1
19.9
19.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
19.1
18.8
18.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.0
12.3
12.6
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.0
10.9
10.9
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.0
14.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.9
9.0
9.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.8
10.1
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.6
19.4
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.2
4.3
4.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.7
12.6
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.4
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
9.2
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
10 082
9 875
9 289
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
279.5
297.3
300.8
-
-
Total income$m
312.4
340.8
343.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 720
30 112
32 379
-
-
Average total income$
30 989
34 511
36 962
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
16 677
16 689
15 924
16 140
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 936
4 653
5 592
6 048
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 075
3 558
4 044
4 002
Total businessesno.
-
23 688
24 900
25 560
26 190
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 915
3 546
3 471
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 389
1 683
1 584
Total business entriesno.
-
-
5 304
5 229
5 055
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 993
4 347
3 345
Employing businessesno.
-
-
192
231
1 122
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 185
4 578
4 467
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year