Table 5 Gross income by decil of resident persons 17 years and over. Average and per cent. 1999, 2000 and 2001

5	Gross income by decil of resident persons 17 years and over. Average and per cent. 1999, 2000 and 2001

	1999		2000		2001

	Average	Per cent	Average	Per cent	Average	Per cent

Total	220 100	100.0	237 300	100.0	243 900	100.0

1.decil	16 700	0.8	18 700	0.8	20 900	0.9
2.decil	73 400	3.3	78 400	3.3	83 800	3.4
3.decil	104 700	4.8	111 500	4.7	119 300	4.9
4.decil	137 000	6.2	145 600	6.1	155 300	6.4
5.decil	173 200	7.9	183 100	7.7	194 100	8.0
6.decil	209 800	9.5	220 600	9.3	232 800	9.5
7.decil	243 900	11.1	255 900	10.8	269 700	11.1
8.decil	280 700	12.8	294 600	12.4	310 900	12.7
9.decil	336 200	15.3	353 800	14.9	372 900	15.3
10.decil	625 600	28.4	710 400	29.9	679 100	27.8
Last 5 per cent	827 600	18.8	971 100	20.5	886 000	18.2
Last 1 per cent	1 739 500	7.9	2 245 500	9.5	1 752 000	7.2

Number of persons 17 years and over	3 477 840		3 494 949		3 508 217

Source: Tax Return Statistics 2001.