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Unemployed persons | no. | 8 168 | 8 228 | 7 050 | 6 428 | 7 809 |
Unemployment rate | % | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 12 547 | 13 696 | 15 387 | 16 126 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 66 682 | 66 871 | 67 250 | 67 899 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 2 262.2 | 2 331.1 | 2 441.9 | 2 518.1 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 33 925 | 34 860 | 36 311 | 37 086 | - |
Net tax | $m | 493.7 | 516.7 | 537.9 | 548.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 403 | 7 727 | 7 998 | 8 074 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 21.8 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 21.8 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 62 927 | 62 694 | 63 458 | 64 323 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 2 058.2 | 2 125.4 | 2 247.8 | 2 351.1 | - |
Total income | $m | 2 130.7 | 2 184.5 | 2 294.4 | 2 380.2 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 32 708 | 33 901 | 35 421 | 36 552 | - |
Average total income | $ | 33 860 | 34 844 | 36 156 | 37 004 | - |
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Males | % | 57.5 | 57.5 | 57.3 | 57.0 | - |
Females | % | 42.5 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 43.0 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 21.2 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 21.2 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 26.5 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 24.8 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.5 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 23.0 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 19.7 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 21.0 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 10.0 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.6 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.7 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.9 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.1 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 18.2 | 17.9 | 17.5 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.4 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 7 603 | 7 447 | 7 028 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 164.4 | 167.5 | 166.0 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 178.8 | 182.8 | 176.9 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 21 617 | 22 492 | 23 622 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 23 514 | 24 553 | 25 165 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 9 573 | 9 276 | 8 622 | 8 355 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 2 835 | 3 438 | 4 029 | 4 248 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 1 680 | 1 860 | 2 001 | 1 941 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 14 088 | 14 574 | 14 652 | 14 544 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 2 232 | 1 800 | 1 632 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 948 | 918 | 942 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 3 180 | 2 718 | 2 574 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 2 538 | 2 658 | 1 806 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 144 | 132 | 681 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 2 682 | 2 790 | 2 487 |
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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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