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Unemployed persons | no. | 434 | 356 | 338 | 324 | 259 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 965 | 989 | 1 032 | 957 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 5 322 | 5 626 | 5 709 | 5 940 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 201.2 | 223.0 | 235.9 | 260.0 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 37 799 | 39 632 | 41 329 | 43 776 | - |
Net tax | $m | 46.8 | 53.6 | 56.4 | 62.8 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 785 | 9 525 | 9 886 | 10 575 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 23.2 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 24.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 4 890 | 5 106 | 5 220 | 5 401 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 179.1 | 193.5 | 206.8 | 228.2 | - |
Total income | $m | 185.3 | 201.8 | 215.8 | 237.4 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 36 626 | 37 902 | 39 616 | 42 254 | - |
Average total income | $ | 37 897 | 39 523 | 41 347 | 43 959 | - |
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Males | % | 49.8 | 48.7 | 49.9 | 50.0 | - |
Females | % | 50.2 | 51.3 | 50.1 | 50.0 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 18.4 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 18.8 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 33.0 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 33.0 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.9 | 24.1 | 25.2 | 24.6 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 16.8 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.0 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.8 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 22.2 | 22.4 | 23.3 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 20.5 | 20.2 | 19.3 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.3 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.5 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 455 | 443 | 417 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 11.3 | 15.0 | 13.2 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 12.6 | 16.3 | 15.2 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 874 | 33 885 | 31 702 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 27 665 | 36 888 | 36 471 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 528 | 525 | 501 | 570 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 156 | 186 | 225 | 249 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 117 | 132 | 138 | 132 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 801 | 843 | 864 | 951 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 135 | 90 | 165 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 27 | 39 | 60 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 162 | 129 | 225 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 129 | 129 | 111 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 12 | 33 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 132 | 141 | 144 |
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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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