National Regional Profile: Gold Coast (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
15 047
11 464
11 012
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.3
4.7
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
48 894
50 609
53 271
54 461
-
Taxable individualsno.
185 573
196 695
207 916
218 092
-
Taxable income$m
6 330.3
7 133.0
8 136.8
8 936.2
-
Average taxable income$
34 112
36 264
39 135
40 975
-
Net tax$m
1 419.6
1 671.5
1 948.1
2 144.6
-
Average net tax$
7 650
8 498
9 370
9 833
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.4
23.9
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
160 089
168 271
177 660
187 026
-
Wage and salary income $m
4 885.3
5 371.0
5 964.1
6 568.9
-
Total income $m
5 160.0
5 681.4
6 347.9
6 956.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 516
31 918
33 570
35 123
-
Average total income$
32 232
33 763
35 730
37 196
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
51.0
51.0
51.0
-
Females%
49.1
49.0
49.0
49.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.6
21.0
21.5
22.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.4
25.1
24.8
24.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.7
22.4
22.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.3
20.0
19.8
19.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.1
11.5
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.5
10.5
10.5
-
Professionals%
-
13.3
13.2
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.1
8.2
8.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
11.0
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.1
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.0
19.1
19.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.3
5.4
5.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.5
12.3
12.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.0
8.3
8.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
9.0
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
26 614
27 032
25 885
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
710.3
774.2
798.5
-
-
Total income$m
782.1
870.5
894.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 691
28 639
30 847
-
-
Average total income$
29 388
32 203
34 571
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
35 310
35 367
34 326
35 127
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
8 742
10 272
12 426
13 566
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
5 880
6 912
7 881
7 905
Total businessesno.
-
49 932
52 551
54 633
56 598
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
8 496
8 208
7 857
Employing businessesno.
-
-
2 901
3 681
3 552
Total business entriesno.
-
-
11 397
11 889
11 409
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
8 490
9 387
7 332
Employing businessesno.
-
-
363
486
2 301
Total business exitsno.
-
-
8 853
9 873
9 633
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year