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Unemployed persons | no. | 380 | 293 | 299 | 365 | 346 |
Unemployment rate | % | 11.7 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 9.1 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 899 | 962 | 1 063 | 1 060 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 2 823 | 2 831 | 2 889 | 2 954 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 90.0 | 93.9 | 99.6 | 105.3 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 31 873 | 33 162 | 34 475 | 35 663 | - |
Net tax | $m | 18.6 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 22.4 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 599 | 7 043 | 7 407 | 7 598 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 20.7 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 21.3 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 278 | 2 268 | 2 304 | 2 343 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 68.8 | 70.4 | 73.6 | 77.5 | - |
Total income | $m | 72.5 | 74.9 | 77.2 | 82.3 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 30 205 | 31 033 | 31 959 | 33 062 | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 823 | 33 028 | 33 507 | 35 133 | - |
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Males | % | 51.4 | 50.6 | 50.2 | 50.3 | - |
Females | % | 48.6 | 49.4 | 49.8 | 49.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 14.3 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 14.4 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 19.9 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 17.4 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 28.6 | 27.8 | 26.9 | 26.6 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 25.2 | 26.9 | 27.6 | 27.6 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 12.0 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 14.0 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 21.4 | 21.1 | 21.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 13.9 | 14.6 | 15.4 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.3 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 13.3 | 13.5 | 12.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 560 | 566 | 551 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 11.9 | 12.4 | 11.8 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 13.2 | 13.7 | 12.9 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 21 245 | 21 953 | 21 345 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 23 564 | 24 270 | 23 489 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 564 | 525 | 522 | 537 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 117 | 123 | 138 | 153 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 96 | 102 | 108 | 108 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 777 | 750 | 768 | 798 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 69 | 84 | 84 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 24 | 33 | 60 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 93 | 117 | 144 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 108 | 93 | 63 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 9 | 0 | 18 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 117 | 93 | 81 |
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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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