National Regional Profile: Coopers Plains (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305111154   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
266
206
193
153
151
Unemployment rate%
11.1
9.2
9.0
6.9
6.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
453
445
501
532
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 810
1 848
1 903
1 944
-
Taxable income$m
59.3
63.0
67.4
73.5
-
Average taxable income$
32 788
34 106
35 435
37 818
-
Net tax$m
12.5
13.6
14.5
16.3
-
Average net tax$
6 925
7 351
7 613
8 399
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.6
21.5
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 760
1 760
1 818
1 886
-
Wage and salary income $m
54.3
56.4
60.4
64.9
-
Total income $m
56.5
59.1
63.0
68.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 848
32 070
33 203
34 435
-
Average total income$
32 100
33 572
34 640
36 268
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
54.7
56.4
56.7
-
Females%
46.1
45.3
43.6
43.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.0
19.4
21.2
21.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.9
28.3
27.4
28.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
22.7
22.6
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.6
18.1
16.9
16.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.5
11.8
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.8
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
14.7
14.3
15.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
4.9
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.4
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
1.9
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.7
19.2
18.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.1
9.5
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.4
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
12.1
-
Not Stated%
-
12.1
12.2
10.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
154
173
163
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.6
4.4
4.1
-
-
Total income$m
3.8
4.8
4.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 224
25 717
25 186
-
-
Average total income$
24 846
27 891
28 054
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
396
366
348
345
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
108
135
168
195
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
186
204
198
192
Total businessesno.
-
690
705
714
732
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
102
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
54
72
Total business entriesno.
-
-
99
156
114
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
96
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
87
99
102
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year