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Unemployed persons | no. | n.a. | n.a. | 1 237 | 925 | 1 116 |
Unemployment rate | % | n.a. | n.a. | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 5 487 | 5 733 | 5 907 | 6 160 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 17 557 | 18 187 | 18 962 | 19 730 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 549.5 | 592.4 | 660.3 | 713.0 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 31 297 | 32 573 | 34 820 | 36 137 | - |
Net tax | $m | 111.9 | 123.9 | 140.4 | 151.4 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 375 | 6 811 | 7 403 | 7 672 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 20.4 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 15 630 | 16 072 | 16 706 | 17 519 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 455.0 | 485.0 | 529.4 | 577.8 | - |
Total income | $m | 472.8 | 505.5 | 556.5 | 601.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 29 110 | 30 180 | 31 692 | 32 978 | - |
Average total income | $ | 30 253 | 31 453 | 33 313 | 34 357 | - |
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Males | % | 55.7 | 55.4 | 55.1 | 54.6 | - |
Females | % | 44.3 | 44.6 | 44.9 | 45.4 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.7 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 20.3 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 20.6 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 19.0 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 24.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.1 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 22.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.3 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.5 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.2 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 20.3 | 19.7 | 19.5 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 3 286 | 3 066 | 2 951 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 80.3 | 78.7 | 83.0 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 85.5 | 83.5 | 91.1 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 428 | 25 661 | 28 114 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 26 016 | 27 231 | 30 874 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 3 135 | 3 093 | 3 093 | 3 216 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 789 | 903 | 1 020 | 1 062 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 549 | 615 | 684 | 681 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 4 473 | 4 611 | 4 797 | 4 959 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 519 | 468 | 516 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 252 | 234 | 249 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 771 | 702 | 765 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 651 | 522 | 414 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 48 | 42 | 234 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 699 | 564 | 648 |
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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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