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| Unemployed persons | no. | n.a. | n.a. | 5 255 | 4 289 | 4 005 |
| Unemployment rate | % | n.a. | n.a. | 9.3 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 9 342 | 9 743 | 10 487 | 10 804 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 47 170 | 48 723 | 50 803 | 52 196 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 1 495.3 | 1 606.2 | 1 770.1 | 1 897.5 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 31 701 | 32 966 | 34 842 | 36 354 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 305.0 | 336.5 | 370.9 | 401.4 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 6 466 | 6 907 | 7 300 | 7 690 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 20.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.2 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 43 814 | 45 258 | 47 292 | 48 742 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 1 338.3 | 1 444.4 | 1 586.5 | 1 704.3 | - |
| Total income | $m | 1 392.4 | 1 496.1 | 1 646.0 | 1 763.6 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 30 544 | 31 915 | 33 546 | 34 966 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 31 779 | 33 056 | 34 805 | 36 182 | - |
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| Males | % | 55.6 | 55.5 | 55.1 | 54.9 | - |
| Females | % | 44.4 | 44.5 | 44.9 | 45.1 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 21.0 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 25.7 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 24.6 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.5 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 23.6 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.1 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.8 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.3 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.7 | 17.8 | 18.0 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.5 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.9 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 4 478 | 4 519 | 4 298 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 99.6 | 105.3 | 106.5 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 106.9 | 114.7 | 115.6 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 22 250 | 23 300 | 24 779 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 23 878 | 25 389 | 26 892 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 4 224 | 4 224 | 4 035 | 4 002 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 846 | 996 | 1 221 | 1 299 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 792 | 894 | 1 008 | 1 014 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 5 862 | 6 114 | 6 264 | 6 315 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 987 | 870 | 867 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 261 | 312 | 252 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 1 248 | 1 182 | 1 119 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 894 | 993 | 822 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 24 | 39 | 177 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 918 | 1 032 | 999 |
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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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