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 |  | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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| Unemployed persons | no. | 536 | 662 | 669 | 496 | 594 |
| Unemployment rate | % | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 2 860 | 3 002 | 3 134 | 3 234 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 7 964 | 8 082 | 8 482 | 8 528 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 237.3 | 252.5 | 278.7 | 300.4 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 29 801 | 31 247 | 32 863 | 35 229 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 46.1 | 51.2 | 56.1 | 62.2 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 5 791 | 6 330 | 6 610 | 7 289 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 19.4 | 20.3 | 20.1 | 20.7 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 7 212 | 7 351 | 7 535 | 7 679 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 202.1 | 215.9 | 229.5 | 243.4 | - |
| Total income | $m | 207.9 | 220.9 | 237.8 | 254.7 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 28 018 | 29 369 | 30 452 | 31 703 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 28 827 | 30 046 | 31 553 | 33 167 | - |
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| Males | % | 55.5 | 55.6 | 54.8 | 54.1 | - |
| Females | % | 44.5 | 44.4 | 45.2 | 45.9 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 21.4 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 21.5 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 19.3 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.1 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 24.4 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 21.0 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.0 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 13.3 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.7 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.4 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.4 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.6 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 18.2 | 17.7 | 17.8 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.9 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 1 538 | 1 386 | 1 419 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 35.8 | 32.7 | 36.6 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 37.9 | 34.5 | 40.2 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 23 250 | 23 615 | 25 784 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 24 629 | 24 856 | 28 332 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 1 743 | 1 713 | 1 659 | 1 716 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 363 | 405 | 456 | 447 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 246 | 267 | 294 | 315 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 2 352 | 2 385 | 2 409 | 2 478 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 231 | 255 | 222 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 75 | 99 | 84 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 306 | 354 | 306 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 276 | 288 | 216 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 33 | 24 | 57 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 309 | 312 | 273 |
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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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