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Unemployed persons | no. | 2 465 | 2 025 | 2 112 | 1 882 | 1 711 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 5 983 | 6 152 | 6 418 | 6 398 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 32 283 | 33 137 | 33 215 | 34 180 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 1 401.1 | 1 482.9 | 1 570.2 | 1 710.3 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 43 400 | 44 751 | 47 273 | 50 038 | - |
Net tax | $m | 360.7 | 389.4 | 415.4 | 454.8 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 11 172 | 11 751 | 12 506 | 13 306 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 25.7 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.6 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 29 378 | 29 891 | 29 819 | 30 686 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 1 192.0 | 1 261.9 | 1 316.8 | 1 420.8 | - |
Total income | $m | 1 265.2 | 1 328.6 | 1 389.2 | 1 500.0 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 40 574 | 42 218 | 44 158 | 46 301 | - |
Average total income | $ | 43 067 | 44 447 | 46 589 | 48 881 | - |
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Males | % | 50.4 | 50.3 | 50.3 | 50.7 | - |
Females | % | 49.6 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.3 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 17.0 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 31.2 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 29.8 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.1 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 19.2 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 20.0 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 9.0 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.5 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 27.2 | 27.6 | 27.8 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.4 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.1 | 9.3 | 8.9 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 2 122 | 2 111 | 1 992 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 77.6 | 79.1 | 80.6 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 90.7 | 87.3 | 88.7 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 36 572 | 37 451 | 40 452 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 42 727 | 41 376 | 44 551 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 3 852 | 3 816 | 3 711 | 3 756 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 1 278 | 1 506 | 1 731 | 1 746 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 810 | 909 | 966 | 960 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 5 940 | 6 231 | 6 408 | 6 462 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 861 | 747 | 777 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 300 | 312 | 339 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 1 161 | 1 059 | 1 116 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 939 | 900 | 708 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 36 | 42 | 300 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 975 | 942 | 1 008 |
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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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