National Regional Profile: Sunshine Coast (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 309   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
14 042
10 692
9 819
7 312
8 868
Unemployment rate%
11.7
8.7
7.8
5.4
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
34 063
35 410
37 263
37 811
-
Taxable individualsno.
100 525
109 432
116 275
121 849
-
Taxable income$m
3 279.8
3 786.9
4 304.8
4 737.7
-
Average taxable income$
32 626
34 605
37 023
38 882
-
Net tax$m
703.5
842.9
975.4
1 078.4
-
Average net tax$
6 999
7 703
8 389
8 851
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.3
22.7
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
80 984
87 251
92 803
97 410
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 361.4
2 652.7
2 965.1
3 245.2
-
Total income $m
2 529.2
2 849.0
3 153.7
3 490.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 159
30 404
31 951
33 315
-
Average total income$
31 231
32 653
33 983
35 837
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.9
50.8
50.8
50.7
-
Females%
49.1
49.2
49.2
49.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
19.9
20.4
21.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
21.8
21.3
20.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
24.5
24.1
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
22.6
22.6
22.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.2
11.5
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.0
9.0
9.2
-
Professionals%
-
15.5
15.4
15.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
8.0
8.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.4
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.3
18.3
18.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.7
5.5
5.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.2
12.2
12.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.6
9.7
9.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.9
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
17 180
17 455
17 087
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
424.9
467.6
505.4
-
-
Total income$m
474.6
531.2
573.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 732
26 788
29 579
-
-
Average total income$
27 627
30 434
33 540
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
19 071
18 912
17 952
18 234
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
4 686
5 607
6 729
7 248
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 513
4 149
4 656
4 650
Total businessesno.
-
27 270
28 668
29 337
30 132
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 053
3 762
3 750
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 695
1 890
1 731
Total business entriesno.
-
-
5 748
5 652
5 481
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 356
4 755
3 381
Employing businessesno.
-
-
159
276
1 284
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 515
5 031
4 665
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year