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Unemployed persons | no. | 303 | 339 | 313 | 230 | 217 |
Unemployment rate | % | 13.3 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 821 | 851 | 888 | 938 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 1 968 | 2 085 | 2 189 | 2 203 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 58.8 | 62.4 | 70.4 | 75.3 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 29 873 | 29 935 | 32 179 | 34 169 | - |
Net tax | $m | 11.6 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 15.8 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 5 902 | 6 022 | 6 500 | 7 163 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 19.8 | 20.1 | 20.2 | 21.0 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 1 486 | 1 579 | 1 674 | 1 713 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 40.7 | 42.0 | 46.2 | 48.6 | - |
Total income | $m | 43.9 | 45.1 | 50.3 | 52.4 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 27 359 | 26 576 | 27 569 | 28 365 | - |
Average total income | $ | 29 515 | 28 569 | 30 039 | 30 569 | - |
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Males | % | 56.5 | 53.7 | 52.1 | 52.4 | - |
Females | % | 43.5 | 46.3 | 47.9 | 47.6 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 14.9 | 15.5 | 16.3 | 17.6 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 17.8 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 18.2 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 28.1 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 23.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 25.6 | 24.7 | 25.8 | 25.9 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 13.6 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 14.5 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 13.0 | 12.5 | 12.3 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.3 | 15.2 | 16.0 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 14.0 | 12.4 | 12.9 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.6 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.3 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.6 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 399 | 424 | 418 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.5 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 982 | 25 012 | 25 127 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 26 946 | 27 661 | 28 108 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 381 | 345 | 315 | 312 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 111 | 123 | 141 | 141 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 57 | 72 | 84 | 84 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 549 | 540 | 540 | 537 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 81 | 45 | 63 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 18 | 33 | 30 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 99 | 78 | 93 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 84 | 96 | 57 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 12 | 27 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 87 | 108 | 84 |
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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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