National Regional Profile: Cooloola (S) (excl. Gympie) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 315102532   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 003
1 048
855
630
742
Unemployment rate%
12.9
13.4
11.2
7.7
8.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 472
2 493
2 666
2 722
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 970
6 395
6 841
7 132
-
Taxable income$m
180.3
205.6
234.4
252.0
-
Average taxable income$
30 207
32 153
34 257
35 327
-
Net tax$m
36.2
42.9
49.4
52.8
-
Average net tax$
6 071
6 711
7 219
7 407
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.9
21.1
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 961
5 281
5 628
5 922
-
Wage and salary income $m
139.4
154.0
171.4
186.9
-
Total income $m
146.3
162.9
183.1
198.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 101
29 166
30 450
31 557
-
Average total income$
29 489
30 852
32 526
33 491
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
54.6
54.4
54.5
-
Females%
45.0
45.4
45.6
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
19.2
19.6
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.6
19.2
19.0
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.9
25.1
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.5
23.4
24.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
12.2
12.9
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.5
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
12.6
12.6
12.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
6.2
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.8
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.4
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.5
10.4
10.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.2
10.8
11.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.5
17.6
17.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
7.1
6.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 247
1 220
1 229
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
28.0
30.3
34.1
-
-
Total income$m
31.2
34.0
38.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 452
24 806
27 722
-
-
Average total income$
24 980
27 841
31 016
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 341
1 296
1 272
1 215
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
267
279
342
378
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
207
228
246
249
Total businessesno.
-
1 815
1 803
1 860
1 842
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
171
207
201
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
84
90
Total business entriesno.
-
-
216
291
291
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
183
210
216
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
12
63
Total business exitsno.
-
-
198
222
279
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year