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Unemployed persons | no. | 1 271 | 956 | 880 | 674 | 774 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 3 889 | 4 041 | 4 015 | 3 966 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 15 299 | 15 604 | 15 960 | 16 257 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 563.6 | 595.6 | 652.0 | 715.1 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 36 836 | 38 169 | 40 854 | 43 985 | - |
Net tax | $m | 130.7 | 141.1 | 155.4 | 175.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 542 | 9 043 | 9 738 | 10 779 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 23.2 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 24.5 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 13 683 | 13 926 | 14 044 | 14 342 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 465.5 | 492.1 | 522.4 | 569.0 | - |
Total income | $m | 489.1 | 513.5 | 551.6 | 600.4 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 34 022 | 35 339 | 37 197 | 39 670 | - |
Average total income | $ | 35 746 | 36 871 | 39 276 | 41 861 | - |
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Males | % | 53.3 | 53.6 | 53.5 | 53.2 | - |
Females | % | 46.7 | 46.4 | 46.5 | 46.8 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 18.8 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 19.6 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 18.9 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 16.9 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.0 | 24.7 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.1 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 12.1 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 14.6 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.2 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.9 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.2 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.5 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.1 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.0 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 2 128 | 2 079 | 1 952 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 53.7 | 58.4 | 58.9 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 59.2 | 63.1 | 65.2 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 25 244 | 28 085 | 30 199 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 27 807 | 30 344 | 33 416 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 2 127 | 1 953 | 1 887 | 1 935 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 546 | 606 | 678 | 729 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 279 | 297 | 312 | 321 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 2 952 | 2 856 | 2 877 | 2 985 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 348 | 348 | 375 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 90 | 159 | 129 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 438 | 507 | 504 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 492 | 402 | 351 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 18 | 87 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 504 | 420 | 438 |
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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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