National Regional Profile: Cooloola (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA32530   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 913
1 973
1 601
1 173
1 395
Unemployment rate%
12.3
12.9
10.8
7.4
8.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 532
4 555
4 816
4 915
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 286
11 906
12 721
13 147
-
Taxable income$m
341.5
382.2
436.0
465.8
-
Average taxable income$
30 259
32 103
34 276
35 427
-
Net tax$m
68.8
80.0
92.2
97.9
-
Average net tax$
6 098
6 716
7 246
7 449
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
20.9
21.1
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 550
10 037
10 651
11 124
-
Wage and salary income $m
269.5
294.3
325.6
351.5
-
Total income $m
281.8
309.8
346.7
372.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 224
29 326
30 572
31 600
-
Average total income$
29 506
30 866
32 550
33 447
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
54.8
54.5
54.6
-
Females%
45.0
45.2
45.5
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
19.7
20.0
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.6
19.3
19.2
18.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
26.0
25.2
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.6
23.4
23.3
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.4
11.7
12.4
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
5.3
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.6
12.6
12.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
6.0
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.0
12.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.2
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
10.9
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.9
18.0
18.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.2
6.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 311
2 241
2 247
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
51.9
54.8
62.7
-
-
Total income$m
57.2
61.2
69.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 456
24 475
27 903
-
-
Average total income$
24 730
27 296
31 037
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 265
2 172
2 172
2 136
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
576
597
741
792
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
489
570
627
627
Total businessesno.
-
3 330
3 339
3 540
3 555
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
336
390
348
Employing businessesno.
-
-
165
198
189
Total business entriesno.
-
-
501
588
537
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
324
408
363
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
21
129
Total business exitsno.
-
-
357
429
492
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year