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Unemployed persons | no. | 384 | 310 | 260 | 193 | 183 |
Unemployment rate | % | 13.8 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 816 | 764 | 756 | 742 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 2 511 | 2 625 | 2 712 | 2 899 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 86.9 | 91.2 | 99.4 | 116.1 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 34 597 | 34 731 | 36 662 | 40 055 | - |
Net tax | $m | 19.9 | 20.6 | 22.4 | 27.8 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 916 | 7 852 | 8 265 | 9 589 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.5 | 23.9 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 030 | 2 135 | 2 221 | 2 352 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 60.9 | 66.5 | 74.6 | 81.4 | - |
Total income | $m | 69.9 | 70.5 | 79.0 | 92.6 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 29 995 | 31 150 | 33 593 | 34 586 | - |
Average total income | $ | 34 442 | 32 996 | 35 561 | 39 367 | - |
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Males | % | 49.9 | 50.3 | 50.8 | 51.3 | - |
Females | % | 50.1 | 49.7 | 49.2 | 48.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.5 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 20.9 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 24.0 | 24.9 | 25.8 | 24.6 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 22.7 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 20.5 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 24.2 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 22.3 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 9.7 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 11.6 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.8 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.6 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 8.1 | 8.5 | 9.2 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.9 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 19.8 | 19.6 | 19.2 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 13.3 | 12.4 | 12.0 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 393 | 386 | 358 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.3 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.3 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 553 | 26 656 | 28 738 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 26 851 | 28 922 | 31 673 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 408 | 432 | 402 | 417 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 105 | 126 | 159 | 183 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 36 | 57 | 66 | 69 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 549 | 615 | 627 | 669 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 69 | 93 | 93 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 39 | 51 | 42 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 108 | 144 | 135 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 87 | 114 | 78 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 9 | 18 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 90 | 123 | 96 |
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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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