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Unemployed persons | no. | 1 123 | 858 | 918 | 677 | 726 |
Unemployment rate | % | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 3 499 | 3 844 | 4 254 | 4 427 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 22 514 | 23 270 | 23 919 | 24 451 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 918.4 | 978.5 | 1 061.5 | 1 114.3 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 40 791 | 42 051 | 44 381 | 45 571 | - |
Net tax | $m | 225.3 | 243.9 | 266.7 | 277.2 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 10 007 | 10 481 | 11 151 | 11 338 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 24.5 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 24.9 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 21 440 | 22 167 | 22 796 | 23 328 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 826.4 | 884.5 | 954.6 | 1 010.5 | - |
Total income | $m | 856.8 | 911.0 | 981.3 | 1 029.3 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 38 544 | 39 900 | 41 875 | 43 315 | - |
Average total income | $ | 39 963 | 41 099 | 43 047 | 44 121 | - |
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Males | % | 53.3 | 53.2 | 53.0 | 52.9 | - |
Females | % | 46.7 | 46.8 | 47.0 | 47.1 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 18.4 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 18.9 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 29.5 | 29.3 | 27.8 | 26.3 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 25.8 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 18.6 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 19.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.4 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.0 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.5 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 18.5 | 18.8 | 18.7 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.6 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.2 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 2 139 | 2 114 | 2 042 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 60.6 | 62.4 | 61.8 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 65.4 | 68.8 | 68.6 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 28 309 | 29 534 | 30 241 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 30 563 | 32 525 | 33 600 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 2 790 | 2 751 | 2 541 | 2 469 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 798 | 1 014 | 1 257 | 1 314 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 528 | 585 | 642 | 672 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 4 116 | 4 350 | 4 440 | 4 455 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 654 | 492 | 453 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 273 | 324 | 306 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 927 | 816 | 759 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 621 | 783 | 513 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 42 | 54 | 201 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 663 | 837 | 714 |
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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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