National Regional Profile: Gladstone (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 330103350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 113
987
862
746
633
Unemployment rate%
7.2
6.6
5.7
4.7
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 716
2 760
2 819
2 916
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 739
12 549
12 808
12 980
-
Taxable income$m
466.1
538.8
599.9
610.1
-
Average taxable income$
39 707
42 937
46 838
47 000
-
Net tax$m
111.6
136.1
155.3
152.9
-
Average net tax$
9 504
10 849
12 129
11 782
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.9
25.3
25.9
25.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 446
12 226
12 489
12 666
-
Wage and salary income $m
429.1
493.0
543.8
551.1
-
Total income $m
442.7
508.3
564.8
575.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 492
40 323
43 541
43 513
-
Average total income$
38 680
41 571
45 227
45 418
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
60.2
60.5
60.2
59.2
-
Females%
39.8
39.5
39.8
40.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.7
19.8
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
24.4
24.0
22.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.3
26.4
26.1
25.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
20.5
20.8
21.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.0
9.4
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.4
5.5
5.9
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
12.4
12.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
18.8
18.5
18.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.2
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
13.5
13.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.7
10.9
10.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
9.2
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.4
14.8
14.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
8.0
7.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 056
995
926
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
28.0
31.0
30.4
-
-
Total income$m
30.9
34.6
35.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 484
31 155
32 797
-
-
Average total income$
29 223
34 812
38 068
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 326
1 149
1 035
1 056
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
333
399
489
564
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
426
465
531
501
Total businessesno.
-
2 085
2 013
2 055
2 121
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
168
222
237
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
168
150
Total business entriesno.
-
-
291
390
387
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
309
303
171
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
21
102
Total business exitsno.
-
-
321
324
273
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year