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| Unemployed persons | no. | 42 | 51 | 52 | 34 | 40 |
| Unemployment rate | % | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
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| Non-taxable individuals | no. | 430 | 465 | 472 | 504 | - |
| Taxable individuals | no. | 917 | 898 | 951 | 955 | - |
| Taxable income | $m | 26.8 | 26.8 | 31.3 | 32.8 | - |
| Average taxable income | $ | 29 272 | 29 827 | 32 901 | 34 316 | - |
| Net tax | $m | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 | - |
| Average net tax | $ | 5 535 | 5 742 | 6 680 | 7 248 | - |
| Average net tax ratio | % | 18.9 | 19.3 | 20.3 | 21.1 | - |
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| Wage and salary earners | no. | 700 | 711 | 725 | 783 | - |
| Wage and salary income | $m | 19.2 | 20.0 | 21.4 | 24.3 | - |
| Total income | $m | 19.9 | 20.4 | 22.3 | 24.4 | - |
| Average wage and salary income | $ | 27 415 | 28 064 | 29 491 | 31 012 | - |
| Average total income | $ | 28 416 | 28 658 | 30 727 | 31 101 | - |
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| Males | % | 54.1 | 53.9 | 52.5 | 51.4 | - |
| Females | % | 45.9 | 46.1 | 47.5 | 48.6 | - |
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| Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 18.4 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 20.3 | - |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 20.4 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 19.1 | - |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 23.5 | 24.3 | 22.7 | 21.6 | - |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 24.0 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 24.0 | - |
| Aged 55 years and over | % | 13.7 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 15.0 | - |
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| Managers and Administrators | % | - | 10.4 | 9.5 | 9.1 | - |
| Professionals | % | - | 13.4 | 15.2 | 13.1 | - |
| Associate Professionals | % | - | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.6 | - |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 11.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | - |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | - |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.7 | 18.5 | 18.6 | - |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.7 | - |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.8 | - |
| Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.4 | - |
| Not Stated | % | - | 8.4 | 6.9 | 6.7 | - |
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| Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 353 | 306 | 325 | - | - |
| Own unincorporated business income | $m | 8.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | - | - |
| Total income | $m | 9.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | - | - |
| Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 24 275 | 23 788 | 24 780 | - | - |
| Average total income | $ | 25 376 | 23 092 | 27 963 | - | - |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 381 | 378 | 360 | 363 |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 66 | 72 | 90 | 90 |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 15 | 18 | 15 | 9 |
| Total businesses | no. | - | 462 | 468 | 465 | 462 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 39 | 48 | 51 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 33 | 9 | 9 |
| Total business entries | no. | - | - | 72 | 57 | 60 |
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| Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 42 | 54 | 21 |
| Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| Total business exits | no. | - | - | 48 | 60 | 42 |
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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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