National Regional Profile: Chermside (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071135   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
319
270
226
191
211
Unemployment rate%
10.5
8.7
7.3
6.0
6.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
707
692
694
705
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 740
2 811
2 929
2 988
-
Taxable income$m
96.7
103.0
111.9
122.2
-
Average taxable income$
35 308
36 642
38 192
40 911
-
Net tax$m
21.2
23.2
25.0
27.9
-
Average net tax$
7 735
8 241
8 552
9 336
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.5
22.4
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 448
2 491
2 589
2 659
-
Wage and salary income $m
80.9
84.7
92.3
99.9
-
Total income $m
85.7
89.8
97.2
105.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 049
34 001
35 656
37 584
-
Average total income$
34 988
36 041
37 550
39 508
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.6
50.2
50.5
49.8
-
Females%
49.4
49.8
49.5
50.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.7
19.5
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.9
28.9
28.6
27.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
22.0
22.5
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.4
18.0
18.0
18.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
11.4
11.4
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.8
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
17.7
18.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
6.6
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.8
8.8
8.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
2.9
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
21.1
21.2
20.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.1
5.0
5.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.5
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.0
7.8
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
11.7
12.6
11.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
223
214
212
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6.0
5.9
6.5
-
-
Total income$m
6.6
6.8
7.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 793
27 564
30 456
-
-
Average total income$
29 813
31 924
34 398
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
318
318
303
282
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
75
84
99
105
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
102
111
129
123
Total businessesno.
-
495
513
531
510
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
75
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
42
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
78
117
102
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
87
66
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
87
69
114
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year