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Unemployed persons | no. | n.a. | n.a. | 1 778 | 1 317 | 1 601 |
Unemployment rate | % | n.a. | n.a. | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 7 591 | 7 896 | 8 177 | 8 432 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 23 764 | 24 751 | 25 805 | 26 906 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 750.4 | 810.9 | 904.6 | 980.7 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 31 577 | 32 764 | 35 053 | 36 448 | - |
Net tax | $m | 153.9 | 170.3 | 193.2 | 209.9 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 474 | 6 882 | 7 488 | 7 802 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 20.5 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 21.4 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 21 242 | 22 003 | 22 792 | 23 984 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 625.1 | 670.5 | 730.4 | 800.1 | - |
Total income | $m | 648.9 | 696.7 | 766.4 | 831.9 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 29 427 | 30 475 | 32 048 | 33 357 | - |
Average total income | $ | 30 547 | 31 663 | 33 626 | 34 687 | - |
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Males | % | 56.0 | 55.8 | 55.5 | 55.1 | - |
Females | % | 44.0 | 44.2 | 44.5 | 44.9 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.4 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 20.1 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 20.5 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 18.7 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 26.6 | 26.1 | 25.6 | 25.0 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.2 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 22.9 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.3 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.4 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.5 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.2 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.3 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 20.0 | 19.3 | 19.2 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.9 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 4 428 | 4 147 | 4 053 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 106.2 | 105.5 | 113.2 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 114.0 | 112.4 | 124.0 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 23 983 | 25 445 | 27 918 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 25 742 | 27 108 | 30 601 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 4 365 | 4 290 | 4 311 | 4 419 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 1 080 | 1 242 | 1 395 | 1 455 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 741 | 834 | 906 | 888 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 6 186 | 6 366 | 6 612 | 6 762 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 720 | 669 | 735 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 312 | 300 | 345 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 1 032 | 969 | 1 080 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 867 | 744 | 621 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 72 | 48 | 294 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 939 | 792 | 915 |
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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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