National Regional Profile: Gatton (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA33250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
434
355
363
247
290
Unemployment rate%
4.8
4.2
4.3
2.7
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 890
1 954
1 989
2 028
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 890
6 019
6 209
6 416
-
Taxable income$m
185.2
197.4
216.7
232.2
-
Average taxable income$
31 445
32 798
34 905
36 188
-
Net tax$m
37.9
41.6
46.6
49.6
-
Average net tax$
6 431
6 908
7 502
7 735
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
21.1
21.5
21.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 357
5 455
5 643
5 873
-
Wage and salary income $m
153.3
161.9
175.3
190.2
-
Total income $m
159.5
168.4
184.1
198.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 623
29 686
31 060
32 379
-
Average total income$
29 774
30 865
32 624
33 869
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.2
56.0
55.8
55.2
-
Females%
43.8
44.0
44.2
44.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.5
22.5
21.7
21.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.1
19.7
19.7
19.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
25.2
24.8
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
21.7
21.9
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
10.8
11.9
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
6.8
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.7
11.7
11.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.5
4.9
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.4
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.0
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
8.8
8.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.9
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.4
22.7
22.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
7.3
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 035
960
894
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
28.7
27.6
27.2
-
-
Total income$m
30.3
29.7
30.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 735
28 713
30 473
-
-
Average total income$
29 282
30 889
33 565
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
981
948
927
957
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
249
276
303
318
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
219
240
279
273
Total businessesno.
-
1 449
1 464
1 509
1 548
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
111
147
Employing businessesno.
-
-
84
75
90
Total business entriesno.
-
-
207
186
237
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
234
171
102
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
15
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
252
186
198
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year