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Unemployed persons | no. | 25 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 |
Unemployment rate | % | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 84 | 79 | 84 | 77 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 519 | 535 | 543 | 531 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 24.3 | 25.7 | 27.5 | 28.7 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 46 833 | 48 112 | 50 585 | 54 037 | - |
Net tax | $m | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 12 488 | 12 937 | 13 600 | 14 657 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 26.7 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 27.1 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 443 | 449 | 456 | 446 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 18.3 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 21.7 | - |
Total income | $m | 19.4 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 22.7 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 41 320 | 44 135 | 44 977 | 48 572 | - |
Average total income | $ | 43 750 | 46 327 | 47 343 | 50 914 | - |
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Males | % | 51.5 | 50.3 | 49.9 | 50.4 | - |
Females | % | 48.5 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 49.6 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 18.4 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 30.2 | 30.9 | 31.2 | 30.0 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 20.8 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 22.2 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 19.2 | 17.9 | 17.1 | 17.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 25.1 | 26.4 | 27.1 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.6 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 26.4 | 25.5 | 24.2 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 31 | 30 | 30 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 45 010 | 48 350 | 49 726 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 51 184 | 53 645 | 62 852 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 114 | 123 | 126 | 126 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 27 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 18 | 18 | 15 | 21 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 159 | 168 | 171 | 177 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 24 | 21 | 21 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 27 | 27 | 27 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 18 | 15 | 6 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 18 | 15 | 6 |
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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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