National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) - Tweed Coast (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120057556   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
383
343
265
328
276
Unemployment rate%
11.4
9.8
7.5
9.7
8.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
982
1 045
1 108
1 136
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 705
2 870
3 091
3 308
-
Taxable income$m
83.0
92.1
105.9
115.9
-
Average taxable income$
30 665
32 089
34 252
35 038
-
Net tax$m
16.7
19.3
22.5
24.2
-
Average net tax$
6 179
6 712
7 282
7 313
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.9
21.3
20.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 217
2 326
2 523
2 693
-
Wage and salary income $m
63.0
67.9
77.5
86.1
-
Total income $m
67.0
72.1
81.9
90.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 423
29 200
30 702
31 974
-
Average total income$
30 221
31 001
32 465
33 703
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.3
52.8
52.4
53.1
-
Females%
46.7
47.2
47.6
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.1
18.1
18.8
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.2
18.3
18.7
18.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.2
27.4
26.3
25.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.5
25.3
25.3
25.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.9
10.9
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.3
6.0
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
17.6
17.4
17.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.9
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.8
11.2
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.3
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.4
17.5
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.6
7.2
7.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.8
12.4
11.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.6
12.9
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
7.7
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
529
555
539
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
11.7
13.1
13.6
-
-
Total income$m
12.5
14.3
14.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 176
23 617
25 185
-
-
Average total income$
23 621
25 815
27 517
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
420
399
399
414
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96
108
141
153
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
72
93
93
96
Total businessesno.
-
588
600
633
663
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
69
93
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
42
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
105
111
147
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
108
93
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
6
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
123
99
78
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year