National Regional Profile: Sunshine Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 30905   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
10 559
7 975
7 311
5 455
6 708
Unemployment rate%
11.8
8.6
7.7
5.4
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
25 435
26 380
27 783
28 186
-
Taxable individualsno.
76 556
83 380
88 532
93 175
-
Taxable income$m
2 524.0
2 928.2
3 334.9
3 681.9
-
Average taxable income$
32 969
35 118
37 669
39 516
-
Net tax$m
544.7
659.5
766.9
848.7
-
Average net tax$
7 116
7 910
8 663
9 108
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
22.5
23.0
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
61 665
66 466
70 738
74 529
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 816.5
2 045.1
2 287.3
2 510.7
-
Total income $m
1 942.3
2 198.5
2 425.0
2 706.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 457
30 769
32 335
33 688
-
Average total income$
31 498
33 076
34 281
36 319
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.6
50.6
50.6
50.4
-
Females%
49.4
49.4
49.4
49.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
20.6
21.1
21.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.7
22.5
22.0
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
24.0
23.7
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
22.0
21.9
22.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.9
11.3
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.3
9.3
9.6
-
Professionals%
-
15.5
15.4
15.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.5
8.5
8.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
11.3
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.6
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.8
18.7
18.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.3
5.1
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.7
12.6
12.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.4
8.7
8.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.9
7.9
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
12 216
12 413
12 068
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
310.8
345.1
373.0
-
-
Total income$m
348.0
393.4
423.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 442
27 800
30 906
-
-
Average total income$
28 490
31 691
35 081
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 130
14 130
13 380
13 695
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 567
4 284
5 166
5 622
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 811
3 327
3 738
3 708
Total businessesno.
-
20 508
21 741
22 284
23 025
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 147
2 868
2 982
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 320
1 473
1 368
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 467
4 341
4 350
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 348
3 624
2 568
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
222
1 011
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 456
3 846
3 579
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year