Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.2 Unemployment
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Number unemployed (a) – '000
July	524.1	504.5	471.6	483.1	662.2
August	518.5	510.4	476.0	457.6	658.8
September	531.5	510.0	467.8	487.5	654.1
October	538.5	489.7	485.7	494.6	661.8
November	526.6	496.1	500.7	509.3	646.4
December	538.3	500.3	478.9	517.7	634.3
January	547.7	495.8	469.8	561.8	612.0
February	543.3	502.8	441.2	605.3
March	518.6	485.1	451.3	650.1
April	529.0	476.8	476.3	624.3
May	514.0	466.4	476.1	656.2
June	516.5	472.6	475.0	659.8
Annual average	529.4	492.9	471.7	562.2
Unemployment rate (a) (b) – per cent
July	5.0	4.7	4.3	4.3	5.8
August	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.1	5.8
September	5.0	4.7	4.2	4.3	5.7
October	5.1	4.5	4.4	4.4	5.8
November	5.0	4.6	4.5	4.5	5.6
December	5.1	4.6	4.3	4.6	5.5
January	5.2	4.5	4.2	5.0	5.3
February	5.1	4.6	3.9	5.3
March	4.9	4.4	4.0	5.7
April	4.9	4.4	4.2	5.5
May	4.8	4.2	4.2	5.7
June	4.8	4.3	4.2	5.8
Annual average	5.0	4.5	4.2	5.0
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(b) Number unemployed as a proportion of the labour force.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0								Update
								11 March 2010