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Unemployed persons | no. | 257 | 214 | 198 | 149 | 259 |
Unemployment rate | % | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 952 | 1 032 | 1 031 | 1 028 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 3 085 | 3 104 | 3 166 | 3 207 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 109.4 | 116.3 | 123.6 | 131.6 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 35 457 | 37 464 | 39 045 | 41 048 | - |
Net tax | $m | 24.1 | 27.3 | 28.6 | 30.6 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 822 | 8 803 | 9 031 | 9 539 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.1 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 23.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 621 | 2 685 | 2 700 | 2 743 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 86.6 | 91.3 | 96.9 | 103.4 | - |
Total income | $m | 92.6 | 95.4 | 101.4 | 108.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 33 058 | 33 987 | 35 901 | 37 692 | - |
Average total income | $ | 35 311 | 35 520 | 37 549 | 39 715 | - |
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Males | % | 55.8 | 55.3 | 54.6 | 55.0 | - |
Females | % | 44.2 | 44.7 | 45.4 | 45.0 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.6 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 19.6 | 19.4 | 18.3 | 18.3 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.8 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 24.3 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 24.4 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 26.4 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 16.6 | 16.6 | 16.6 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.8 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 14.1 | 14.8 | 15.1 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.7 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 12.9 | 13.1 | 12.5 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 566 | 514 | 503 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 13.2 | 12.1 | 13.9 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 14.6 | 13.7 | 15.5 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 23 255 | 23 538 | 27 693 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 25 857 | 26 672 | 30 913 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 795 | 714 | 678 | 675 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 195 | 210 | 222 | 213 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 84 | 81 | 87 | 81 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 1 074 | 1 005 | 987 | 969 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 78 | 81 | 90 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 24 | 30 | 39 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 102 | 111 | 129 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 117 | 114 | 81 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 12 | 51 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 129 | 126 | 132 |
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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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