National Regional Profile: Surfers Paradise (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103587   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
988
882
796
614
564
Unemployment rate%
11.3
9.7
8.6
6.5
5.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 225
2 366
2 444
2 415
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 246
8 812
9 317
9 804
-
Taxable income$m
344.6
396.1
458.4
512.5
-
Average taxable income$
41 790
44 951
49 199
52 278
-
Net tax$m
91.8
109.4
129.7
145.7
-
Average net tax$
11 138
12 421
13 920
14 861
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.7
27.6
28.3
28.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 597
6 968
7 292
7 688
-
Wage and salary income $m
216.8
241.8
265.4
290.4
-
Total income $m
232.3
262.0
295.8
320.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 864
34 702
36 397
37 777
-
Average total income$
35 215
37 598
40 568
41 730
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
50.7
51.7
52.5
-
Females%
49.1
49.3
48.3
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
22.5
23.7
25.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.9
27.0
26.6
26.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
18.5
18.9
18.8
17.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.2
17.5
17.2
16.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.6
14.1
13.8
13.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
14.8
14.8
14.5
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.3
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
10.3
10.6
10.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
6.9
6.7
7.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.7
3.5
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.3
20.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.9
3.2
3.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.9
11.5
11.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.0
5.9
6.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
9.3
8.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 056
1 090
1 055
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
38.2
42.6
43.5
-
-
Total income$m
44.7
48.8
50.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 162
39 044
41 240
-
-
Average total income$
42 313
44 733
47 443
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 187
2 286
2 076
2 127
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
486
591
720
810
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
489
516
594
579
Total businessesno.
-
3 162
3 393
3 390
3 516
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
576
501
504
Employing businessesno.
-
-
207
222
216
Total business entriesno.
-
-
783
723
720
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
543
693
441
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
30
135
Total business exitsno.
-
-
579
723
576
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year