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Unemployed persons | no. | 714 | 733 | 670 | 685 | 644 |
Unemployment rate | % | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 2 820 | 2 980 | 3 084 | 3 182 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 12 413 | 12 876 | 13 178 | 13 516 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 458.3 | 497.2 | 539.2 | 570.1 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 36 923 | 38 610 | 40 915 | 42 178 | - |
Net tax | $m | 104.8 | 117.2 | 127.6 | 134.6 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 444 | 9 100 | 9 685 | 9 958 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.9 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 23.6 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 11 333 | 11 716 | 11 868 | 12 241 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 389.1 | 417.7 | 444.8 | 472.2 | - |
Total income | $m | 404.3 | 434.9 | 465.6 | 492.4 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 34 334 | 35 653 | 37 477 | 38 573 | - |
Average total income | $ | 35 674 | 37 120 | 39 231 | 40 226 | - |
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Males | % | 52.7 | 52.7 | 52.6 | 52.3 | - |
Females | % | 47.3 | 47.3 | 47.4 | 47.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 20.3 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 21.3 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 20.7 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.2 | 24.0 | 23.8 | 23.0 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.5 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 22.3 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.8 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.5 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 18.8 | 18.9 | 18.1 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.6 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.4 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.2 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 1 495 | 1 483 | 1 414 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 44.6 | 45.2 | 45.6 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 48.5 | 50.2 | 50.0 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 29 838 | 30 454 | 32 230 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 32 438 | 33 869 | 35 357 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 1 467 | 1 458 | 1 326 | 1 338 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 468 | 531 | 624 | 633 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 423 | 468 | 510 | 552 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 2 358 | 2 457 | 2 460 | 2 523 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 270 | 204 | 231 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 126 | 123 | 129 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 396 | 327 | 360 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 288 | 252 | 249 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 30 | 87 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 300 | 282 | 336 |
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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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