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| | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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Unemployed persons | no. | 593 | 516 | 538 | 608 | 705 |
Unemployment rate | % | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 3 165 | 3 677 | 3 804 | 3 642 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 11 035 | 10 846 | 10 966 | 11 281 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 360.2 | 353.7 | 374.9 | 400.1 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 32 638 | 32 615 | 34 191 | 35 464 | - |
Net tax | $m | 73.0 | 73.0 | 78.0 | 82.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 619 | 6 733 | 7 109 | 7 285 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 20.3 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 20.5 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 8 712 | 8 831 | 8 909 | 9 039 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 255.9 | 265.6 | 276.2 | 293.5 | - |
Total income | $m | 270.2 | 278.8 | 292.1 | 309.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 29 373 | 30 072 | 31 004 | 32 470 | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 019 | 31 566 | 32 786 | 34 282 | - |
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Males | % | 54.7 | 54.0 | 53.7 | 53.6 | - |
Females | % | 45.3 | 46.0 | 46.3 | 46.4 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 21.3 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 20.5 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 21.7 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 19.2 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 23.2 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 23.1 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.2 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 22.9 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.6 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 14.3 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.3 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.8 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.7 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.4 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 2 902 | 2 217 | 2 264 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 93.7 | 58.6 | 61.1 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 93.3 | 61.8 | 66.5 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 32 271 | 26 436 | 26 969 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 32 145 | 27 858 | 29 360 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 1 926 | 1 905 | 1 851 | 1 845 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 672 | 720 | 786 | 792 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 438 | 477 | 516 | 522 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 3 036 | 3 102 | 3 153 | 3 159 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 237 | 252 | 264 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 114 | 144 | 153 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 351 | 396 | 417 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 294 | 339 | 261 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 36 | 33 | 147 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 330 | 372 | 408 |
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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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