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Unemployed persons | no. | 334 | 355 | 319 | 382 | 347 |
Unemployment rate | % | 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 1 023 | 1 279 | 1 263 | 1 297 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 2 954 | 3 435 | 3 568 | 3 569 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 90.8 | 109.8 | 116.7 | 119.7 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 30 722 | 31 965 | 32 718 | 33 551 | - |
Net tax | $m | 18.1 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 23.5 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 6 132 | 6 574 | 6 537 | 6 593 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 20.0 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 19.7 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 2 645 | 3 118 | 3 151 | 3 202 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 75.6 | 93.7 | 97.5 | 100.4 | - |
Total income | $m | 77.8 | 95.5 | 100.8 | 104.0 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 28 575 | 30 058 | 30 940 | 31 364 | - |
Average total income | $ | 29 409 | 30 625 | 31 993 | 32 466 | - |
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Males | % | 56.3 | 56.2 | 55.5 | 55.3 | - |
Females | % | 43.7 | 43.8 | 44.5 | 44.7 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 19.3 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 19.0 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 20.6 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 19.7 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 25.7 | 24.5 | 23.5 | 23.3 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 23.9 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 25.2 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 12.7 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.6 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.3 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 16.9 | 17.8 | 17.1 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 22.1 | 22.1 | 22.3 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 12.3 | 10.9 | 10.1 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 483 | 505 | 501 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 11.3 | 11.3 | 12.6 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.6 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 23 396 | 22 407 | 25 184 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 25 571 | 25 289 | 27 089 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 504 | 492 | 468 | 444 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 135 | 135 | 144 | 147 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 171 | 183 | 186 | 183 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 810 | 810 | 798 | 774 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 48 | 51 | 60 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 30 | 45 | 24 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 78 | 96 | 84 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 93 | 78 | 45 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 12 | 21 | 42 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 105 | 99 | 87 |
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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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