Table 4 Gross income by decil of resident persons 17 years and older. Average and per cent. 2000, 2001 and 2002

4	Gross income by decil of resident persons 17 years and older. 2000, 2001 and 2002. Average and per cent

	2000		2001		2002

	*Average	*Per cent	*Average	*Per cent	*Average	*Per cent

Total	237 300	100.0	243 900	100.0	262 800	100.0

1. decil	18 700	0.8	20 900	0.9	21 200	0.8
2. decil	78 400	3.3	83 800	3.4	87 900	3.3
3. decil	111 500	4.7	119 300	4.9	126 200	4.8
4. decil	145 600	6.1	155 300	6.4	164 500	6.3
5. decil	183 100	7.7	194 100	8.0	205 100	7.8
6. decil	220 600	9.3	232 800	9.5	245 000	9.3
7. decil	255 900	10.8	269 700	11.1	283 400	10.8
8. decil	294 600	12.4	310 900	12.7	326 800	12.4
9. decil	353 800	14.9	372 900	15.3	392 700	14.9
10. decil	710 400	29.9	679 100	27.8	775 300	29.5
Last 5 per cent	971 100	20.5	886 000	18.2	1 052 200	20.0
Last 1 per cent	2 245 500	9.5	1 752 000	7.2	2 395 200	9.1

Number of persons 17 years and older	3 494 949		3 508 217		3 528 680

Source: Tax Return Statistics 2002.