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Unemployed persons | no. | 9 508 | 10 684 | 10 355 | 9 662 | 9 737 |
Unemployment rate | % | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 30 214 | 31 557 | 33 238 | 33 831 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 116 670 | 120 184 | 123 008 | 124 648 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 4 317.6 | 4 645.6 | 5 012.3 | 5 226.0 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 37 007 | 38 654 | 40 748 | 41 926 | - |
Net tax | $m | 995.8 | 1 097.8 | 1 193.3 | 1 231.6 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 535 | 9 134 | 9 701 | 9 881 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 23.1 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 23.6 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 103 624 | 106 109 | 108 647 | 109 989 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 3 560.7 | 3 770.3 | 4 034.7 | 4 218.8 | - |
Total income | $m | 3 741.5 | 3 961.8 | 4 236.2 | 4 399.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 34 362 | 35 532 | 37 136 | 38 357 | - |
Average total income | $ | 36 107 | 37 337 | 38 991 | 40 003 | - |
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Males | % | 52.7 | 52.7 | 52.5 | 52.3 | - |
Females | % | 47.3 | 47.3 | 47.5 | 47.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.2 | 19.6 | 20.0 | 20.2 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 22.6 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 20.8 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.1 | 23.6 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.3 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.8 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 10.6 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.6 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.8 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.6 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.3 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.9 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 11.9 | 10.7 | 9.9 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 13 515 | 13 459 | 12 678 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 370.1 | 397.7 | 388.8 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 403.2 | 435.2 | 426.5 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 27 387 | 29 553 | 30 669 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 29 833 | 32 337 | 33 638 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 15 213 | 14 457 | 13 305 | 12 870 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 4 275 | 5 040 | 5 859 | 6 189 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 2 814 | 3 144 | 3 462 | 3 450 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 22 302 | 22 641 | 22 626 | 22 509 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 2 931 | 2 586 | 2 283 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 1 197 | 1 350 | 1 305 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 4 128 | 3 936 | 3 588 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 834 | 3 759 | 2 685 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 147 | 270 | 1 008 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 3 981 | 4 029 | 3 693 |
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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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