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Unemployed persons | no. | 429 | 362 | 303 | 230 | 214 |
Unemployment rate | % | 11.4 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 868 | 854 | 861 | 871 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 3 203 | 3 173 | 3 218 | 3 310 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 104.6 | 107.7 | 119.9 | 130.6 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 32 651 | 33 945 | 37 264 | 39 451 | - |
Net tax | $m | 22.3 | 23.5 | 27.3 | 30.3 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 968 | 7 411 | 8 487 | 9 141 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 21.3 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 23.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 687 | 2 643 | 2 655 | 2 758 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 80.7 | 83.4 | 88.0 | 96.1 | - |
Total income | $m | 85.9 | 88.1 | 93.8 | 102.6 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 30 012 | 31 564 | 33 161 | 34 830 | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 944 | 33 335 | 35 320 | 37 201 | - |
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Males | % | 49.6 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 49.7 | - |
Females | % | 50.4 | 50.3 | 49.9 | 50.3 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 20.5 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 20.5 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 27.2 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 27.1 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 21.0 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.2 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 19.9 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 19.4 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.8 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.1 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.8 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.7 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.7 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.8 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.1 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 467 | 450 | 428 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.0 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.6 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 299 | 26 109 | 28 031 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 26 506 | 28 460 | 31 733 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 1 296 | 1 332 | 1 218 | 1 266 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 330 | 393 | 471 | 489 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 408 | 450 | 495 | 543 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 2 034 | 2 175 | 2 184 | 2 298 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 276 | 258 | 201 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 120 | 168 | 141 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 396 | 426 | 342 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 216 | 264 | 204 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 15 | 129 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 228 | 279 | 333 |
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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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