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Unemployed persons | no. | 218 | 177 | 186 | 201 | 226 |
Unemployment rate | % | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 926 | 1 191 | 1 148 | 1 089 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 3 751 | 3 572 | 3 717 | 3 811 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 123.7 | 118.5 | 128.3 | 138.7 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 32 967 | 33 179 | 34 510 | 36 395 | - |
Net tax | $m | 25.7 | 25.4 | 27.0 | 29.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 854 | 7 107 | 7 254 | 7 659 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 20.8 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 3 111 | 3 148 | 3 191 | 3 223 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 92.2 | 97.1 | 101.5 | 106.2 | - |
Total income | $m | 96.7 | 100.5 | 105.7 | 110.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 29 637 | 30 842 | 31 807 | 32 944 | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 096 | 31 930 | 33 137 | 34 393 | - |
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Males | % | 54.6 | 54.7 | 54.0 | 55.1 | - |
Females | % | 45.4 | 45.3 | 46.0 | 44.9 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.4 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 19.1 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 23.5 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 20.6 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 24.4 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 21.7 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 10.9 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 13.4 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 9.2 | 9.9 | 9.3 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.1 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.4 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 12.9 | 13.2 | 12.7 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.0 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 25.2 | 24.5 | 24.7 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 824 | 491 | 583 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 24.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 25.4 | 11.8 | 15.6 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 29 461 | 23 963 | 23 029 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 30 802 | 24 078 | 26 744 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 810 | 756 | 705 | 708 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 183 | 195 | 213 | 219 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 138 | 159 | 165 | 165 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 1 131 | 1 110 | 1 083 | 1 092 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 93 | 81 | 72 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 54 | 48 | 39 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 147 | 129 | 111 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 123 | 126 | 117 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 18 | 39 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 135 | 144 | 156 |
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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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