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Unemployed persons | no. | 156 | 98 | 103 | 68 | 49 |
Unemployment rate | % | 9.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 597 | 588 | 657 | 659 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 1 706 | 1 654 | 1 745 | 1 859 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 60.0 | 61.2 | 64.8 | 72.6 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 35 198 | 36 997 | 37 111 | 39 060 | - |
Net tax | $m | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 16.1 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 960 | 8 506 | 8 349 | 8 679 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.6 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 22.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 1 206 | 1 206 | 1 260 | 1 352 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 35.6 | 37.2 | 41.1 | 45.6 | - |
Total income | $m | 37.8 | 40.1 | 43.1 | 47.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 29 483 | 30 839 | 32 645 | 33 695 | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 342 | 33 239 | 34 213 | 35 414 | - |
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Males | % | 53.5 | 54.2 | 54.5 | 55.3 | - |
Females | % | 46.5 | 45.8 | 45.5 | 44.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 17.1 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 18.0 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 19.6 | 19.5 | 18.3 | 19.2 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.2 | 25.5 | 24.0 | 23.5 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 24.4 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 21.2 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 14.8 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 18.1 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.8 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 9.9 | 10.5 | 8.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 6.3 | 5.3 | 6.2 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.6 | 10.7 | 12.4 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.6 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 10.1 | 9.8 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 19.3 | 20.7 | 22.1 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 581 | 588 | 536 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 19.1 | 20.0 | 17.0 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 19.9 | 21.6 | 18.3 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 32 854 | 33 949 | 31 689 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 34 328 | 36 732 | 34 075 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 567 | 558 | 519 | 498 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 87 | 87 | 108 | 120 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 48 | 54 | 63 | 66 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 702 | 699 | 690 | 684 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 72 | 51 | 78 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 15 | 18 | 21 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 87 | 69 | 99 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 96 | 114 | 75 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 99 | 114 | 93 |
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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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