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Unemployed persons | no. | 548 | 565 | 528 | 549 | 504 |
Unemployment rate | % | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
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Non-taxable individuals | no. | 2 139 | 2 170 | 2 171 | 2 250 | - |
Taxable individuals | no. | 7 992 | 8 046 | 8 195 | 8 357 | - |
Taxable income | $m | 281.0 | 289.3 | 313.5 | 333.8 | - |
Average taxable income | $ | 35 165 | 35 949 | 38 257 | 39 940 | - |
Net tax | $m | 62.5 | 64.9 | 71.0 | 75.6 | - |
Average net tax | $ | 7 818 | 8 069 | 8 665 | 9 048 | - |
Average net tax ratio | % | 22.2 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.7 | - |
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Wage and salary earners | no. | 6 821 | 6 902 | 6 923 | 7 132 | - |
Wage and salary income | $m | 216.2 | 225.2 | 239.0 | 252.3 | - |
Total income | $m | 229.1 | 237.8 | 254.1 | 267.1 | - |
Average wage and salary income | $ | 31 702 | 32 632 | 34 524 | 35 377 | - |
Average total income | $ | 33 582 | 34 447 | 36 707 | 37 449 | - |
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Males | % | 50.2 | 50.4 | 50.3 | 50.2 | - |
Females | % | 49.8 | 49.6 | 49.7 | 49.8 | - |
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Aged 15 years to 24 years | % | 20.1 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 20.9 | - |
Aged 25 years to 34 years | % | 20.0 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 18.4 | - |
Aged 35 years to 44 years | % | 24.8 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 23.3 | - |
Aged 45 years to 54 years | % | 23.4 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.4 | - |
Aged 55 years and over | % | 11.8 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.9 | - |
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Managers and Administrators | % | - | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 | - |
Professionals | % | - | 25.4 | 25.7 | 25.1 | - |
Associate Professionals | % | - | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | - |
Tradespersons and Related Workers | % | - | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | - |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers | % | - | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | - |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 17.7 | 18.2 | 18.6 | - |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers | % | - | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | - |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers | % | - | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.6 | - |
Labourers and Related Workers | % | - | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 | - |
Not Stated | % | - | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.8 | - |
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Persons with own unincorporated business | no. | 1 000 | 909 | 894 | - | - |
Own unincorporated business income | $m | 30.7 | 25.3 | 26.5 | - | - |
Total income | $m | 33.1 | 28.3 | 29.8 | - | - |
Average own unincorporated business income | $ | 30 730 | 27 817 | 29 685 | - | - |
Average total income | $ | 33 142 | 31 143 | 33 307 | - | - |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | 1 032 | 1 035 | 918 | 963 |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees | no. | - | 315 | 351 | 390 | 393 |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees | no. | - | 348 | 357 | 393 | 396 |
Total businesses | no. | - | 1 695 | 1 743 | 1 701 | 1 752 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 147 | 162 | 174 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 114 | 102 | 78 |
Total business entries | no. | - | - | 261 | 264 | 252 |
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Non-employing businesses | no. | - | - | 204 | 255 | 153 |
Employing businesses | no. | - | - | 15 | 15 | 93 |
Total business exits | no. | - | - | 219 | 270 | 246 |
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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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