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Unemployed persons | no. | 215 | 264 | 202 | 242 | 278 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.0 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 828 | 919 | 1 022 | 981 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 3 076 | 3 161 | 3 126 | 3 153 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 108.8 | 113.0 | 114.1 | 122.4 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 35 377 | 35 755 | 36 507 | 38 808 | - |
Net tax | $m | 23.7 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 26.9 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 701 | 7 923 | 7 957 | 8 546 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 21.8 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 22.0 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 509 | 2 595 | 2 591 | 2 578 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 78.1 | 81.8 | 85.7 | 86.8 | - |
Total income | $m | 82.2 | 85.1 | 89.5 | 91.2 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 31 129 | 31 513 | 33 075 | 33 678 | - |
Average total income | $ | 32 766 | 32 807 | 34 541 | 35 387 | - |
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Males | % | 55.8 | 55.7 | 54.9 | 54.9 | - |
Females | % | 44.2 | 44.3 | 45.1 | 45.1 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 18.3 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 21.6 | 21.2 | 20.3 | 18.8 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 26.1 | 25.0 | 24.4 | 23.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.7 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 24.9 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 12.7 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 14.2 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 16.0 | 16.5 | 16.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.6 | 13.5 | 13.4 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.2 | 15.7 | 15.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.7 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 17.5 | 15.9 | 16.4 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 8.8 | 8.6 | 7.6 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 608 | 564 | 471 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 27.6 | 21.7 | 13.5 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 25.8 | 21.6 | 16.0 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 45 462 | 38 559 | 28 664 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 42 405 | 38 376 | 34 009 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 438 | 426 | 429 | 390 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 135 | 147 | 168 | 165 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 150 | 165 | 180 | 198 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 723 | 738 | 777 | 753 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 54 | 78 | 54 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 30 | 51 | 33 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 84 | 129 | 87 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 87 | 90 | 51 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 6 | 3 | 30 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 93 | 93 | 81 |
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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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