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Unemployed persons | no. | 94 | 57 | 56 | 52 | 42 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 371 | 342 | 394 | 408 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 1 163 | 1 214 | 1 197 | 1 200 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 43.2 | 47.8 | 47.3 | 46.9 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 37 152 | 39 401 | 39 513 | 39 073 | - |
Net tax | $m | 9.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.5 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 187 | 8 761 | 9 025 | 8 766 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.0 | 22.2 | 22.8 | 22.4 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 796 | 768 | 795 | 794 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 22.3 | 22.7 | 25.1 | 26.1 | - |
Total income | $m | 23.7 | 24.8 | 26.6 | 27.2 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 28 033 | 29 574 | 31 518 | 32 823 | - |
Average total income | $ | 29 741 | 32 283 | 33 394 | 34 189 | - |
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Males | % | 51.5 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 49.2 | - |
Females | % | 48.5 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 50.8 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.7 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 17.5 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 25.4 | 25.4 | 23.6 | 22.4 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.2 | 24.6 | 26.7 | 25.4 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 20.7 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 20.3 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 14.4 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 10.3 | 10.2 | 11.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 8.6 | 10.6 | 11.1 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 13.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.0 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.8 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 22.7 | 20.3 | 19.3 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 437 | 440 | 395 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 20.3 | 21.5 | 18.0 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 21.0 | 21.3 | 17.4 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 46 443 | 48 963 | 45 614 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 48 029 | 48 413 | 44 119 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 384 | 408 | 363 | 345 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 90 | 105 | 114 | 117 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 69 | 87 | 96 | 90 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 543 | 600 | 573 | 552 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 54 | 30 | 42 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 30 | 18 | 21 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 84 | 48 | 63 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 69 | 93 | 51 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 6 | 3 | 33 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 75 | 96 | 84 |
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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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