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ECONOMY CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Unemployment | no. | na | na | 9,809 | 8,488 | 9,507 |
| Unemployment rate | % | na | na | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
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| Total revenue | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Total expenses | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| GFS net operating balance | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Total assets | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Total liabilities | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| GFS net worth | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Net debt | $'000 | na | na | na | na | na |
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| Age pension | no. | na | na | 38,334 | 38,364 | na |
| Disability support pension | no. | na | na | 9,094 | 9,165 | na |
| Newstart allowance | no. | na | na | 7,507 | 7,215 | na |
| Parenting payment - single | no. | na | na | 4,656 | 4,674 | na |
| Youth allowance | no. | na | na | 6,658 | 6,370 | na |
| Other pensions and allowances | no. | na | na | 8,622 | 8,417 | na |
| Total selected income support customers | no. | na | na | 74,871 | 74,208 | na |
| Percentage of long-term newstart allowance customers | % | na | na | 53.1 | 54.3 | na |
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| Average individual annual taxable income | $ | 43,513 | 48,028 | 47,936 | 50,119 | na |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 160,833 | 160,620 | 158,829 | 161,179 | na |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 6,251.6 | 6,629.6 | 6,740.3 | 7,088.6 | na |
| Total income | $m | 6,624.0 | 7,165.2 | 7,235.1 | 7,588.0 | na |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 38,870 | 41,275 | 42,438 | 43,979 | na |
| Average total income | $ | 41,186 | 44,610 | 45,553 | 47,078 | na |
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| Wage and salary | % | 69.8 | 68.8 | na | na | na |
| Own unincorporated business | % | 5.8 | 5.4 | na | na | na |
| Investment | % | 13.7 | 15.3 | na | na | na |
| Superannuation and annuity | % | 2.9 | 2.9 | na | na | na |
| Government cash benefit | % | 6.9 | 6.5 | na | na | na |
| Other income | % | 1.0 | 1.2 | na | na | na |
| Total personal income from all sources | $m | 9,366.0 | 10,367.0 | na | na | na |
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