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Unemployed persons | no. | 3 744 | 3 859 | 5 077 | 2 446 | 3 098 |
Unemployment rate | % | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 15 131 | 15 942 | 17 165 | 17 830 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 74 584 | 76 323 | 77 983 | 80 833 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 3 421.3 | 3 611.9 | 3 896.0 | 4 188.7 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 45 872 | 47 324 | 49 959 | 51 819 | - |
Net tax | $m | 922.0 | 987.6 | 1 070.6 | 1 143.5 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 12 362 | 12 940 | 13 729 | 14 147 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 26.9 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 27.3 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 67 367 | 68 589 | 70 745 | 73 579 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 2 802.3 | 2 944.8 | 3 154.3 | 3 425.8 | - |
Total income | $m | 2 958.6 | 3 089.1 | 3 306.2 | 3 552.2 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 41 598 | 42 934 | 44 587 | 46 559 | - |
Average total income | $ | 43 918 | 45 038 | 46 734 | 48 278 | - |
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Males | % | 51.1 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.4 | - |
Females | % | 48.9 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 48.6 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.4 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 30.1 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 30.3 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.6 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 22.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 18.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.0 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.6 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 24.8 | 24.8 | 25.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.5 | 16.8 | 16.8 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.4 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 12.8 | 12.1 | 11.6 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 7 795 | 7 663 | 7 300 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 288.3 | 304.5 | 306.4 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 324.4 | 347.0 | 340.8 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 36 989 | 39 732 | 41 969 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 41 621 | 45 283 | 46 690 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 12 432 | 11 916 | 11 313 | 11 163 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 3 624 | 4 215 | 4 908 | 5 202 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 2 076 | 2 271 | 2 448 | 2 469 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 18 132 | 18 402 | 18 669 | 18 834 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 2 838 | 2 523 | 2 442 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 888 | 1 161 | 1 113 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 3 726 | 3 684 | 3 555 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 492 | 3 207 | 2 415 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 150 | 195 | 837 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 3 642 | 3 402 | 3 252 |
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* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year |
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