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Unemployed persons | no. | 0 | 0 | 4 272 | 3 880 | 4 214 |
Unemployment rate | % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 11 211 | 11 991 | 13 129 | 13 621 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 51 785 | 54 405 | 56 989 | 59 647 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 1 733.2 | 1 891.0 | 2 077.4 | 2 261.5 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 33 470 | 34 759 | 36 453 | 37 915 | - |
Net tax | $m | 369.8 | 411.9 | 452.8 | 494.6 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 141 | 7 572 | 7 945 | 8 292 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 21.3 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 21.9 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 49 812 | 51 999 | 54 618 | 57 416 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 1 581.4 | 1 709.4 | 1 873.7 | 2 054.0 | - |
Total income | $m | 1 642.8 | 1 781.1 | 1 956.3 | 2 133.8 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 31 748 | 32 873 | 34 306 | 35 774 | - |
Average total income | $ | 32 980 | 34 252 | 35 817 | 37 164 | - |
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Males | % | 56.2 | 55.9 | 55.7 | 55.3 | - |
Females | % | 43.8 | 44.1 | 44.3 | 44.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 20.8 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.5 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 24.1 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 20.3 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 20.1 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.2 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.9 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.1 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 4 494 | 4 438 | 4 276 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 109.2 | 116.9 | 121.2 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 119.1 | 129.0 | 134.1 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 304 | 26 346 | 28 344 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 26 505 | 29 078 | 31 352 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 4 611 | 4 632 | 4 455 | 4 581 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 1 185 | 1 452 | 1 866 | 2 061 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 951 | 1 107 | 1 179 | 1 200 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 6 747 | 7 191 | 7 500 | 7 842 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 942 | 1 071 | 987 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 423 | 516 | 435 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 1 365 | 1 587 | 1 422 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 1 080 | 1 164 | 933 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 42 | 81 | 300 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 1 122 | 1 245 | 1 233 |
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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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