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 |  | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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| Unemployed persons | no. | 2 604 | 2 951 | 2 821 | 2 646 | 2 679 |
| Unemployment rate | % | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 6 678 | 6 920 | 7 434 | 7 569 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 25 086 | 25 853 | 26 460 | 26 970 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 872.9 | 939.1 | 1 007.8 | 1 058.4 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 34 797 | 36 327 | 38 088 | 39 243 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 191.7 | 211.9 | 227.6 | 237.3 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 7 643 | 8 198 | 8 601 | 8 797 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 22.0 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 22.4 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 22 544 | 23 138 | 23 770 | 24 251 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 734.6 | 783.0 | 838.9 | 888.6 | - |
| Total income | $m | 772.1 | 821.0 | 878.8 | 926.8 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 32 585 | 33 838 | 35 294 | 36 643 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 34 248 | 35 480 | 36 972 | 38 215 | - |
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| Males | % | 53.4 | 53.4 | 53.1 | 53.0 | - |
| Females | % | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.9 | 47.0 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.7 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 20.4 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 23.3 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 21.4 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.7 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 24.3 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 21.3 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 22.1 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 9.9 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.6 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.6 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.4 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.7 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.1 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 3 030 | 2 976 | 2 795 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 76.6 | 79.9 | 78.8 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 82.7 | 86.6 | 85.6 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 25 271 | 26 860 | 28 173 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 27 284 | 29 097 | 30 635 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 3 618 | 3 333 | 3 027 | 2 931 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 927 | 1 107 | 1 335 | 1 416 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 729 | 834 | 933 | 912 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 5 274 | 5 274 | 5 295 | 5 259 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 642 | 564 | 543 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 261 | 324 | 342 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 903 | 888 | 885 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 933 | 912 | 597 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 27 | 63 | 210 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 960 | 975 | 807 |
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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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