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| Unemployed persons | no. | 158 | 140 | 142 | 114 | 98 |
| Unemployment rate | % | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 540 | 633 | 694 | 682 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 2 112 | 2 111 | 2 093 | 2 187 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 70.9 | 71.6 | 74.8 | 82.4 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 33 581 | 33 921 | 35 745 | 37 688 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 15.0 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 17.6 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 7 125 | 7 462 | 7 708 | 8 060 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 21.2 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 21.4 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 1 715 | 1 749 | 1 757 | 1 815 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 52.4 | 54.9 | 57.2 | 61.8 | - |
| Total income | $m | 55.3 | 57.4 | 60.1 | 65.0 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 30 543 | 31 364 | 32 532 | 34 020 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 32 257 | 32 843 | 34 195 | 35 830 | - |
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| Males | % | 55.9 | 54.8 | 54.2 | 54.3 | - |
| Females | % | 44.1 | 45.2 | 45.8 | 45.7 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.0 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 22.0 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 16.9 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.2 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 27.0 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 23.4 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 13.6 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 15.7 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.0 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.2 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 13.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 18.2 | 17.0 | 17.9 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 8.6 | 8.5 | 7.4 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 546 | 518 | 473 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 16.9 | 14.0 | 12.5 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 16.9 | 14.5 | 13.3 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 30 975 | 27 071 | 26 339 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 30 915 | 28 087 | 28 095 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 555 | 546 | 495 | 495 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 132 | 141 | 141 | 138 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 84 | 90 | 96 | 102 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 771 | 777 | 732 | 735 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 72 | 66 | 63 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 27 | 21 | 30 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 99 | 87 | 93 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 84 | 84 | 72 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 18 | 33 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 87 | 102 | 105 |
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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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