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| Unemployed persons | no. | 74 | 59 | 64 | 39 | 25 |
| Unemployment rate | % | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 322 | 302 | 359 | 397 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 978 | 970 | 990 | 958 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 45.3 | 45.2 | 39.2 | 37.9 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 46 290 | 46 557 | 39 568 | 39 588 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 10.6 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 8.8 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 10 788 | 11 299 | 9 187 | 9 153 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 23.3 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 23.1 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 520 | 549 | 568 | 600 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 14.6 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 18.6 | - |
| Total income | $m | 15.6 | 17.3 | 19.2 | 19.6 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 28 091 | 29 038 | 30 232 | 31 013 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 29 928 | 31 430 | 33 718 | 32 724 | - |
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| Males | % | 53.9 | 53.3 | 52.0 | 50.1 | - |
| Females | % | 46.1 | 46.7 | 48.0 | 49.9 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 21.4 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 20.9 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 22.4 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 15.9 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 23.6 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 25.5 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 18.9 | 19.8 | 22.5 | 24.2 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 13.7 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 13.5 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.1 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.1 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 15.8 | 16.1 | 18.0 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 11.3 | 10.8 | 10.6 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 17.6 | 18.8 | 17.4 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 9.3 | 6.7 | 5.9 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 453 | 410 | 338 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 34.1 | 29.7 | 14.5 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 30.6 | 29.1 | 16.5 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 75 347 | 72 384 | 43 020 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 67 594 | 71 003 | 48 818 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 186 | 183 | 201 | 207 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 81 | 78 | 81 | 84 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 297 | 291 | 312 | 318 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 18 | 21 | 30 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 6 | 15 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 30 | 27 | 45 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 24 | 21 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 6 | 36 | 33 |
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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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