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Unemployed persons | no. | 952 | 1 050 | 943 | 732 | 670 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 4 641 | 4 711 | 4 819 | 4 808 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 14 241 | 15 163 | 15 963 | 17 057 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 451.5 | 506.1 | 566.0 | 668.8 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 31 701 | 33 374 | 35 460 | 39 207 | - |
Net tax | $m | 95.3 | 109.7 | 125.0 | 154.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 694 | 7 232 | 7 831 | 9 042 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 21.1 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 23.1 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 11 350 | 11 907 | 12 335 | 13 107 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 312.3 | 345.4 | 378.9 | 430.6 | - |
Total income | $m | 330.6 | 364.8 | 404.0 | 463.1 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 27 515 | 29 004 | 30 717 | 32 856 | - |
Average total income | $ | 29 129 | 30 633 | 32 749 | 35 330 | - |
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Males | % | 52.3 | 52.1 | 52.1 | 51.9 | - |
Females | % | 47.7 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 48.1 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 21.7 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 20.9 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 23.5 | 23.9 | 23.4 | 22.8 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.0 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 23.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 20.7 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 21.8 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 9.1 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 10.7 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.0 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.8 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 14.8 | 15.3 | 15.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.4 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.1 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 3 211 | 3 253 | 3 231 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 82.0 | 88.7 | 93.9 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 88.6 | 97.4 | 104.4 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 25 551 | 27 282 | 29 071 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 27 604 | 29 942 | 32 309 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 2 952 | 2 880 | 2 877 | 2 970 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 765 | 849 | 951 | 1 011 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 726 | 816 | 894 | 885 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 4 443 | 4 545 | 4 722 | 4 866 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 486 | 435 | 513 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 222 | 237 | 243 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 708 | 672 | 756 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 576 | 591 | 441 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 18 | 45 | 153 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 594 | 636 | 594 |
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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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