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Unemployed persons | no. | 23 053 | 16 988 | 16 202 | 15 640 | 14 962 |
Unemployment rate | % | 10.2 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 49 843 | 51 591 | 53 967 | 53 812 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 192 174 | 199 092 | 204 544 | 210 462 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 7 298.8 | 7 899.6 | 8 522.5 | 9 112.8 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 37 980 | 39 678 | 41 666 | 43 299 | - |
Net tax | $m | 1 716.6 | 1 901.2 | 2 060.6 | 2 195.0 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 932 | 9 549 | 10 074 | 10 430 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 23.5 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.1 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 175 871 | 181 081 | 186 095 | 190 895 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 6 162.1 | 6 553.4 | 7 049.2 | 7 545.9 | - |
Total income | $m | 6 513.3 | 6 960.5 | 7 451.5 | 7 921.8 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 35 037 | 36 191 | 37 880 | 39 529 | - |
Average total income | $ | 37 034 | 38 439 | 40 041 | 41 498 | - |
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Males | % | 54.3 | 54.0 | 53.9 | 53.9 | - |
Females | % | 45.7 | 46.0 | 46.1 | 46.1 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.4 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 20.2 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 23.6 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 22.4 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.9 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 23.3 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.3 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.5 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 17.0 | 17.2 | 17.3 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.5 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 12.6 | 11.6 | 10.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 16 305 | 16 362 | 15 677 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 465.3 | 512.5 | 526.2 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 517.7 | 573.5 | 585.5 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 28 538 | 31 321 | 33 562 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 31 753 | 35 052 | 37 348 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 21 192 | 20 040 | 18 501 | 18 300 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 6 849 | 7 860 | 9 126 | 9 474 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 5 442 | 6 015 | 6 567 | 6 600 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 33 483 | 33 915 | 34 194 | 34 374 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 4 209 | 3 504 | 3 399 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 1 863 | 2 151 | 2 049 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 6 072 | 5 655 | 5 448 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 5 199 | 5 055 | 3 702 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 279 | 306 | 1 638 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 5 478 | 5 361 | 5 340 |
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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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