National Regional Profile: Chermside West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071138   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
281
246
209
176
194
Unemployment rate%
7.5
6.9
6.0
4.9
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
696
668
655
639
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 698
2 716
2 766
2 710
-
Taxable income$m
95.2
99.6
105.7
110.9
-
Average taxable income$
35 303
36 659
38 211
40 933
-
Net tax$m
20.9
22.4
23.7
25.3
-
Average net tax$
7 734
8 249
8 560
9 345
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.5
22.4
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 410
2 408
2 445
2 413
-
Wage and salary income $m
79.7
81.9
87.2
90.7
-
Total income $m
84.3
86.8
91.9
95.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 051
34 015
35 679
37 591
-
Average total income$
34 989
36 053
37 574
39 516
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.6
50.2
50.5
49.8
-
Females%
49.4
49.8
49.5
50.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.7
19.5
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.9
28.8
28.6
27.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
21.9
22.5
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.4
18.1
18.0
18.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
11.4
11.3
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.8
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
17.8
18.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
6.7
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.8
8.8
8.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
2.8
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
21.0
21.2
20.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
5.0
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.5
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.9
7.8
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
11.7
12.6
11.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
220
207
200
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.9
5.7
6.1
-
-
Total income$m
6.5
6.6
6.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 737
27 572
30 524
-
-
Average total income$
29 752
31 932
34 475
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
303
285
300
285
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
69
75
96
93
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
15
18
18
Total businessesno.
-
387
375
414
396
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
66
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
21
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
51
87
81
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
39
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
75
42
57
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year