National Regional Profile: Gold Coast (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33460   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
14 825
11 295
10 827
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.4
4.8
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
47 867
49 530
52 157
53 293
-
Taxable individualsno.
182 204
193 063
204 038
213 974
-
Taxable income$m
6 220.6
7 009.3
7 995.0
8 777.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 141
36 306
39 184
41 023
-
Net tax$m
1 396.4
1 644.6
1 916.7
2 109.5
-
Average net tax$
7 664
8 519
9 394
9 859
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.5
24.0
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
157 219
165 215
174 411
183 573
-
Wage and salary income $m
4 799.1
5 274.7
5 856.7
6 448.3
-
Total income $m
5 070.1
5 580.4
6 234.2
6 830.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 525
31 926
33 580
35 126
-
Average total income$
32 249
33 776
35 745
37 207
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.8
50.9
51.0
50.9
-
Females%
49.2
49.1
49.0
49.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.7
21.1
21.6
22.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.4
25.2
24.8
24.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.1
22.6
22.4
22.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
19.9
19.8
19.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.1
11.5
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.6
10.5
10.5
-
Professionals%
-
13.3
13.2
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.2
8.2
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
11.0
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.1
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.1
19.1
19.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.3
5.3
5.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.6
12.4
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.9
8.2
8.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
9.0
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
25 966
26 396
25 271
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
695.4
758.9
781.4
-
-
Total income$m
766.0
853.7
875.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 782
28 751
30 920
-
-
Average total income$
29 499
32 340
34 661
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
34 605
34 644
33 645
34 419
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
8 532
10 050
12 147
13 242
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
5 793
6 816
7 776
7 797
Total businessesno.
-
48 930
51 510
53 568
55 458
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
8 391
8 073
7 713
Employing businessesno.
-
-
2 859
3 606
3 495
Total business entriesno.
-
-
11 250
11 679
11 208
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
8 364
9 258
7 200
Employing businessesno.
-
-
360
471
2 268
Total business exitsno.
-
-
8 724
9 729
9 468
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year