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Unemployed persons | no. | 1 840 | 2 041 | 1 835 | 1 868 | 1 421 |
Unemployment rate | % | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 3.9 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 3 473 | 3 556 | 3 858 | 3 842 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 25 779 | 26 323 | 27 213 | 27 999 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 1 188.1 | 1 273.3 | 1 399.3 | 1 504.3 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 46 090 | 48 371 | 51 420 | 53 728 | - |
Net tax | $m | 323.4 | 356.5 | 395.4 | 424.3 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 12 545 | 13 542 | 14 530 | 15 155 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 27.2 | 28.0 | 28.3 | 28.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 23 005 | 23 322 | 24 096 | 24 743 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 987.7 | 1 034.6 | 1 105.7 | 1 190.7 | - |
Total income | $m | 1 042.2 | 1 087.3 | 1 165.5 | 1 251.0 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 42 936 | 44 362 | 45 889 | 48 121 | - |
Average total income | $ | 45 305 | 46 620 | 48 370 | 50 560 | - |
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Males | % | 48.6 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 49.1 | - |
Females | % | 51.4 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 50.9 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 45.3 | 45.0 | 44.9 | 44.8 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 22.6 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 22.3 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.9 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 15.3 | 15.0 | 15.1 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 31.4 | 31.6 | 31.2 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.3 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 2 018 | 2 064 | 2 015 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 85.6 | 92.2 | 101.5 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 97.4 | 104.6 | 116.3 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 42 423 | 44 660 | 50 377 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 48 281 | 50 667 | 57 723 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 3 954 | 3 891 | 3 633 | 3 753 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 1 017 | 1 161 | 1 377 | 1 452 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 648 | 765 | 840 | 816 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 5 619 | 5 817 | 5 850 | 6 021 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 924 | 789 | 870 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 258 | 345 | 264 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 1 182 | 1 134 | 1 134 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 993 | 993 | 744 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 33 | 48 | 225 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 1 026 | 1 041 | 969 |
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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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