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Unemployed persons | no. | 1 064 | 904 | 957 | 843 | 875 |
Unemployment rate | % | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 4 655 | 5 055 | 5 634 | 5 972 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 20 806 | 22 166 | 23 453 | 24 747 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 748.3 | 826.6 | 923.9 | 1 028.3 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 35 964 | 37 290 | 39 395 | 41 551 | - |
Net tax | $m | 169.3 | 192.6 | 215.8 | 243.5 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 8 136 | 8 690 | 9 202 | 9 840 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.6 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 23.7 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 18 592 | 19 768 | 21 041 | 22 422 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 616.3 | 684.7 | 761.8 | 840.4 | - |
Total income | $m | 647.2 | 718.0 | 797.4 | 878.2 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 33 149 | 34 636 | 36 208 | 37 479 | - |
Average total income | $ | 34 810 | 36 322 | 37 896 | 39 167 | - |
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Males | % | 54.0 | 53.9 | 53.8 | 53.7 | - |
Females | % | 46.0 | 46.1 | 46.2 | 46.3 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.0 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.3 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 22.9 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 21.3 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 26.3 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 26.0 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 21.9 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 21.5 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.8 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.5 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.0 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.3 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.9 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.0 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 3 221 | 3 164 | 3 017 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 83.5 | 81.8 | 80.1 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 89.7 | 89.4 | 87.2 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 25 909 | 25 862 | 26 539 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 27 846 | 28 266 | 28 911 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 3 546 | 3 492 | 3 354 | 3 387 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 1 098 | 1 251 | 1 365 | 1 383 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 501 | 585 | 624 | 651 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 5 145 | 5 328 | 5 343 | 5 421 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 648 | 633 | 615 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 222 | 258 | 267 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 870 | 891 | 882 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 741 | 684 | 558 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 30 | 78 | 195 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 771 | 762 | 753 |
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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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