National Regional Profile: Noosa (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA35750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 842
2 176
1 985
1 445
1 652
Unemployment rate%
13.7
10.0
8.9
6.1
6.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 309
6 408
6 822
6 823
-
Taxable individualsno.
18 038
19 399
20 321
20 780
-
Taxable income$m
588.9
680.7
756.2
825.3
-
Average taxable income$
32 648
35 088
37 215
39 718
-
Net tax$m
126.8
155.0
172.9
191.8
-
Average net tax$
7 028
7 991
8 511
9 230
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.8
22.9
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
14 049
14 651
15 390
15 634
-
Wage and salary income $m
396.5
437.2
479.6
509.3
-
Total income $m
427.8
472.8
521.1
554.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 225
29 839
31 165
32 575
-
Average total income$
30 450
32 274
33 861
35 469
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.3
50.2
50.3
50.4
-
Females%
49.7
49.8
49.7
49.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.8
18.1
18.4
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.6
21.3
21.0
20.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.5
24.8
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
23.4
23.6
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.4
11.7
12.2
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.8
9.7
9.7
-
Professionals%
-
14.9
14.8
15.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.6
9.5
9.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.0
10.5
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.7
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
18.0
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.3
5.1
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.1
12.1
12.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.7
9.6
9.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
8.0
7.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 292
3 375
3 306
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
81.9
89.5
95.2
-
-
Total income$m
92.8
103.8
107.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 882
26 530
28 809
-
-
Average total income$
28 176
30 745
32 399
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 897
3 813
3 582
3 645
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
951
1 101
1 278
1 353
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
714
855
927
942
Total businessesno.
-
5 562
5 769
5 787
5 940
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
765
693
624
Employing businessesno.
-
-
342
390
309
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 107
1 083
933
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
870
861
582
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
30
234
Total business exitsno.
-
-
885
891
816
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year