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| Unemployed persons | no. | 48 | 54 | 36 | 37 | 42 |
| Unemployment rate | % | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 264 | 274 | 286 | 289 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 761 | 742 | 731 | 730 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 30.1 | 30.6 | 28.6 | 30.5 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 39 576 | 41 240 | 39 111 | 41 839 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 8 074 | 8 770 | 7 530 | 8 315 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 20.4 | 21.3 | 19.3 | 19.9 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 688 | 668 | 654 | 677 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 22.3 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | - |
| Total income | $m | 22.9 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 24.5 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 32 453 | 34 430 | 34 431 | 35 416 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 33 257 | 35 211 | 34 982 | 36 130 | - |
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| Males | % | 56.0 | 58.1 | 57.3 | 56.6 | - |
| Females | % | 44.0 | 41.9 | 42.7 | 43.4 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.3 | 19.9 | 18.2 | 20.9 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 27.3 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 23.5 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 22.2 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 22.4 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 19.2 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 19.6 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 13.6 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 7.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.2 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.6 | 10.0 | 11.4 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 13.7 | 14.4 | 16.1 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 15.6 | 16.1 | 14.5 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.2 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 23.6 | 24.8 | 23.2 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 264 | 219 | 210 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 14.5 | 9.3 | 7.3 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 10.4 | 8.2 | 7.0 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 54 995 | 42 482 | 34 907 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 39 453 | 37 478 | 33 392 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 222 | 213 | 204 | 225 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 108 | 99 | 96 | 96 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 51 | 54 | 54 | 63 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 381 | 366 | 354 | 384 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 15 | 15 | 21 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 48 | 48 | 54 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 48 | 36 | 33 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 54 | 42 | 57 |
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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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