National Regional Profile: Broadbeach-Mermaid Beach (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307103514   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
527
517
479
348
301
Unemployment rate%
8.8
8.4
7.8
5.5
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 170
1 174
1 197
1 254
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 472
4 557
4 987
5 204
-
Taxable income$m
158.0
179.6
220.3
249.1
-
Average taxable income$
35 331
39 426
44 183
47 875
-
Net tax$m
36.6
45.3
58.4
67.4
-
Average net tax$
8 186
9 945
11 716
12 948
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.2
25.2
26.5
27.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 658
3 678
3 984
4 191
-
Wage and salary income $m
112.1
118.8
136.3
151.1
-
Total income $m
119.2
127.3
145.9
161.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 655
32 312
34 217
36 060
-
Average total income$
32 581
34 600
36 622
38 444
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.8
50.8
51.1
51.1
-
Females%
49.2
49.2
48.9
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.6
23.2
23.6
24.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
31.0
30.5
30.6
29.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
18.4
18.4
18.5
18.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.4
16.7
15.9
16.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.3
11.3
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.2
11.7
11.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
14.2
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
9.7
9.8
9.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.3
3.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.8
19.8
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.1
3.4
3.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.6
12.5
12.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.3
6.5
6.8
-
Not Stated%
-
9.4
9.3
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
613
617
578
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.4
19.2
20.1
-
-
Total income$m
19.9
22.3
23.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 457
31 135
34 759
-
-
Average total income$
32 428
36 151
41 162
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 128
1 149
1 020
1 122
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
273
321
378
426
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
276
312
348
333
Total businessesno.
-
1 677
1 782
1 746
1 881
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
327
207
210
Employing businessesno.
-
-
129
117
105
Total business entriesno.
-
-
456
324
315
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
234
351
201
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
18
87
Total business exitsno.
-
-
258
369
288
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year