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Unemployed persons | no. | 527 | 493 | 476 | 331 | 381 |
Unemployment rate | % | 16.3 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 9.5 | 10.6 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 599 | 678 | 735 | 793 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 2 511 | 2 859 | 3 046 | 3 234 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 76.1 | 89.3 | 99.5 | 109.4 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 30 302 | 31 238 | 32 656 | 33 831 | - |
Net tax | $m | 15.1 | 18.2 | 20.1 | 22.3 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 032 | 6 358 | 6 595 | 6 892 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 19.9 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.4 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 418 | 2 747 | 2 923 | 3 148 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 69.6 | 81.7 | 91.5 | 101.3 | - |
Total income | $m | 72.7 | 84.8 | 95.2 | 105.5 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 28 791 | 29 728 | 31 296 | 32 179 | - |
Average total income | $ | 30 062 | 30 861 | 32 558 | 33 498 | - |
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Males | % | 55.3 | 54.1 | 54.4 | 54.7 | - |
Females | % | 44.7 | 45.9 | 45.6 | 45.3 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 21.8 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 25.1 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 26.6 | 26.0 | 25.5 | 24.5 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 22.8 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 21.9 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 20.1 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 19.4 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.1 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.5 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.3 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.2 | 11.7 | 12.1 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.3 | 17.6 | 17.8 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.3 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.9 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 15.3 | 14.9 | 16.7 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.8 | 10.2 | 9.6 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 266 | 276 | 275 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.0 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 20 957 | 22 132 | 24 024 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 22 180 | 24 127 | 25 509 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 324 | 303 | 288 | 330 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 51 | 66 | 78 | 93 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 57 | 57 | 63 | 66 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 432 | 426 | 429 | 489 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 105 | 72 | 72 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 39 | 42 | 21 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 144 | 114 | 93 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 81 | 96 | 63 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 84 | 108 | 99 |
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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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