National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) - Tweed-Heads (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120057554   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 888
1 669
1 285
1 502
1 412
Unemployment rate%
11.0
8.8
6.6
8.1
7.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 025
6 530
6 704
6 646
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 914
17 184
18 163
19 004
-
Taxable income$m
506.2
575.8
662.6
708.8
-
Average taxable income$
31 807
33 511
36 480
37 299
-
Net tax$m
103.3
122.9
146.7
154.3
-
Average net tax$
6 493
7 155
8 078
8 119
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
21.4
22.1
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
12 928
13 633
14 451
15 049
-
Wage and salary income $m
372.4
413.8
460.3
500.4
-
Total income $m
395.9
441.4
495.2
529.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 807
30 349
31 851
33 249
-
Average total income$
30 624
32 373
34 271
35 200
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.4
50.3
50.2
50.2
-
Females%
49.6
49.7
49.8
49.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.4
20.3
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.8
19.5
18.9
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.5
23.8
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.9
23.6
23.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.5
12.7
13.5
13.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
14.4
14.1
14.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.7
7.7
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.8
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.3
19.1
19.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.8
5.8
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.6
14.0
13.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
9.0
9.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.5
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 403
2 462
2 442
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
60.7
66.5
70.2
-
-
Total income$m
67.1
73.6
79.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 254
27 017
28 737
-
-
Average total income$
27 932
29 894
32 496
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 406
2 349
2 208
2 214
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
585
678
762
798
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
390
474
507
504
Total businessesno.
-
3 381
3 501
3 477
3 516
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
522
483
438
Employing businessesno.
-
-
198
195
195
Total business entriesno.
-
-
720
678
633
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
552
552
435
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
27
123
Total business exitsno.
-
-
585
579
558
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year