National Regional Profile: Gold Coast North (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30705   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 915
2 365
2 103
1 466
1 565
Unemployment rate%
14.0
10.8
8.9
6.2
6.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 295
4 472
5 002
5 173
-
Taxable individualsno.
19 070
20 111
21 256
22 411
-
Taxable income$m
615.4
679.0
763.0
836.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 269
33 760
35 894
37 307
-
Net tax$m
129.6
147.7
166.6
183.6
-
Average net tax$
6 796
7 344
7 839
8 191
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.8
21.8
22.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
17 425
18 250
19 517
20 639
-
Wage and salary income $m
528.4
577.4
649.7
713.5
-
Total income $m
550.8
602.0
680.2
745.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 326
31 638
33 287
34 569
-
Average total income$
31 609
32 984
34 850
36 113
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
54.6
54.3
54.0
-
Females%
45.4
45.4
45.7
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.6
22.0
22.2
22.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
23.3
22.9
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
23.9
23.3
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
20.6
20.7
20.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.2
10.8
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
8.0
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
9.6
9.7
9.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.3
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.3
13.4
13.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.3
18.3
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.4
9.3
9.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.5
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.9
13.2
13.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.9
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 696
2 617
2 484
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
67.9
71.3
73.0
-
-
Total income$m
72.6
77.7
80.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 200
27 254
29 378
-
-
Average total income$
26 920
29 689
32 255
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 763
2 694
2 472
2 571
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
690
822
984
1 044
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
486
555
639
639
Total businessesno.
-
3 939
4 071
4 095
4 254
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
681
603
585
Employing businessesno.
-
-
273
306
291
Total business entriesno.
-
-
954
909
876
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
714
759
549
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
51
183
Total business exitsno.
-
-
738
810
732
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year