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Unemployed persons | no. | 2 500 | 2 014 | 1 511 | 1 370 | 1 201 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 5 391 | 5 506 | 5 972 | 5 857 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 33 985 | 33 604 | 34 742 | 35 188 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 1 868.2 | 1 986.0 | 2 168.4 | 2 391.5 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 54 972 | 59 099 | 62 414 | 67 962 | - |
Net tax | $m | 569.7 | 621.4 | 684.1 | 764.8 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 16 762 | 18 493 | 19 690 | 21 734 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 30.5 | 31.3 | 31.5 | 32.0 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 29 322 | 28 060 | 29 322 | 29 548 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 1 371.1 | 1 412.3 | 1 538.0 | 1 648.2 | - |
Total income | $m | 1 465.8 | 1 519.9 | 1 650.8 | 1 762.6 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 46 759 | 50 333 | 52 452 | 55 781 | - |
Average total income | $ | 49 991 | 54 165 | 56 297 | 59 652 | - |
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Males | % | 49.8 | 50.3 | 50.3 | 50.1 | - |
Females | % | 50.2 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.9 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.2 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 15.2 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 40.7 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 41.3 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 20.6 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 20.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 13.1 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.6 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.2 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 27.9 | 27.9 | 28.3 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.4 | 16.7 | 16.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 13.1 | 11.4 | 10.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 3 635 | 3 579 | 3 380 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 187.0 | 205.2 | 210.2 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 212.1 | 235.6 | 240.8 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 51 430 | 57 333 | 62 202 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 58 338 | 65 815 | 71 235 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 6 006 | 6 009 | 5 700 | 5 688 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 1 671 | 1 956 | 2 244 | 2 370 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 825 | 972 | 1 026 | 1 017 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 8 502 | 8 937 | 8 970 | 9 075 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 1 377 | 1 083 | 1 170 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 450 | 432 | 435 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 1 827 | 1 515 | 1 605 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 1 416 | 1 464 | 1 146 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 66 | 84 | 336 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 1 482 | 1 548 | 1 482 |
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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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