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Unemployed persons | no. | 930 | 835 | 633 | 513 | 504 |
Unemployment rate | % | 10.5 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 1 922 | 1 981 | 1 796 | 1 697 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 6 740 | 7 014 | 6 955 | 7 102 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 248.6 | 270.7 | 282.2 | 300.4 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 36 883 | 38 593 | 40 578 | 42 297 | - |
Net tax | $m | 53.2 | 59.7 | 62.4 | 67.0 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 897 | 8 510 | 8 978 | 9 440 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 21.4 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 22.3 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 6 313 | 6 429 | 6 422 | 6 562 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 214.5 | 229.9 | 236.7 | 254.9 | - |
Total income | $m | 222.3 | 238.8 | 247.6 | 265.6 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 33 977 | 35 755 | 36 851 | 38 847 | - |
Average total income | $ | 35 211 | 37 144 | 38 551 | 40 476 | - |
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Males | % | 51.7 | 51.9 | 51.2 | 51.1 | - |
Females | % | 48.3 | 48.1 | 48.8 | 48.9 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.5 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.6 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 33.0 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 29.4 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 26.1 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 25.5 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 20.2 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.6 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 9.0 | 9.6 | 10.2 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.2 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.3 | 17.4 | 17.9 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.1 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.9 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 815 | 813 | 730 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 25.7 | 24.7 | 23.5 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 27.0 | 26.5 | 26.3 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 31 550 | 30 342 | 32 146 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 33 142 | 32 618 | 36 013 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 927 | 897 | 801 | 798 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 207 | 258 | 330 | 348 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 336 | 369 | 390 | 357 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 1 470 | 1 524 | 1 521 | 1 503 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 207 | 195 | 153 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 105 | 93 | 66 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 312 | 288 | 219 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 240 | 276 | 171 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 9 | 12 | 66 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 249 | 288 | 237 |
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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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