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Unemployed persons | no. | 143 | 133 | 124 | 126 | 112 |
Unemployment rate | % | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 397 | 406 | 408 | 420 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 2 486 | 2 521 | 2 562 | 2 743 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 98.4 | 102.9 | 109.2 | 124.9 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 39 577 | 40 813 | 42 609 | 45 551 | - |
Net tax | $m | 23.2 | 24.7 | 26.1 | 30.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 9 335 | 9 804 | 10 188 | 11 022 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 24.2 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 289 | 2 297 | 2 328 | 2 480 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 84.5 | 88.3 | 93.7 | 106.9 | - |
Total income | $m | 89.3 | 92.9 | 98.2 | 112.6 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 36 900 | 38 431 | 40 228 | 43 107 | - |
Average total income | $ | 39 025 | 40 422 | 42 162 | 45 399 | - |
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Males | % | 50.1 | 49.9 | 49.7 | 49.4 | - |
Females | % | 49.9 | 50.1 | 50.3 | 50.6 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 20.9 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 19.2 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 25.5 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 27.0 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 20.3 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 20.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.9 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 20.7 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.3 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 18.0 | 18.5 | 18.9 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 19.2 | 19.7 | 19.4 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 24.3 | 23.5 | 22.9 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 175 | 174 | 161 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 28 286 | 30 482 | 32 010 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 076 | 33 126 | 34 776 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 177 | 150 | 147 | 138 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 42 | 48 | 51 | 66 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 30 | 45 | 45 | 51 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 249 | 243 | 243 | 255 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 36 | 21 | 15 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 15 | 6 | 24 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 51 | 27 | 39 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 66 | 30 | 27 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 69 | 30 | 30 |
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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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