National Regional Profile: Southport (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103585   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 576
1 398
1 295
1 031
945
Unemployment rate%
12.9
11.5
10.7
8.4
7.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 569
2 410
2 575
2 516
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 136
8 936
9 443
10 085
-
Taxable income$m
287.0
309.6
345.9
379.2
-
Average taxable income$
31 411
34 646
36 627
37 598
-
Net tax$m
60.8
71.7
80.2
86.2
-
Average net tax$
6 660
8 018
8 497
8 552
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
23.1
23.2
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 042
7 762
8 267
8 793
-
Wage and salary income $m
229.6
235.5
263.0
291.8
-
Total income $m
241.4
248.3
277.7
305.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 549
30 341
31 814
33 182
-
Average total income$
30 017
31 984
33 593
34 783
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.5
50.1
50.2
49.8
-
Females%
50.5
49.9
49.8
50.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.6
21.9
22.7
22.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.8
28.3
28.0
28.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.8
20.5
19.7
19.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.1
17.7
17.8
16.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.7
11.6
11.8
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.3
8.4
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.9
14.2
14.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.4
8.3
8.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.0
10.7
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.8
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.0
18.8
19.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.9
4.9
4.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.0
13.1
12.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.0
9.2
9.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.7
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 205
1 132
1 100
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
31.3
31.0
32.6
-
-
Total income$m
34.1
36.1
36.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 998
27 415
29 618
-
-
Average total income$
28 265
31 919
33 197
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 616
2 601
2 514
2 523
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
657
822
969
1 044
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
561
633
741
747
Total businessesno.
-
3 834
4 056
4 224
4 314
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
585
594
549
Employing businessesno.
-
-
234
279
336
Total business entriesno.
-
-
819
873
885
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
591
684
513
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
33
198
Total business exitsno.
-
-
627
717
711
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year