Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.4 Long-term unemployment
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Long-term unemployed (a) (b) – '000
July	120.5	91.3	100.6	78.8	66.6
August	115.3	92.0	91.8	68.6	67.5
September	120.3	92.1	83.9	69.1	75.6
October	113.3	101.6	81.2	68.8	73.8
November	101.3	95.2	85.0	69.7	71.8
December	100.3	96.4	89.6	69.7
January	103.4	103.3	82.1	67.2
February	106.4	94.5	83.0	71.3
March	94.1	97.4	77.8	71.0
April	94.9	98.7	77.1	73.7
May	97.9	97.4	72.2	72.9
June	97.1	94.9	67.6	68.1
Annual average	105.4	96.5	82.8	70.6
Percentage of total unemployed (b) – per cent
July	21.2	17.4	20.0	16.7	13.8
August	20.3	17.7	18.0	14.4	14.7
September	21.7	17.4	16.6	14.9	15.7
October	21.4	19.0	16.8	14.4	15.1
November	18.9	18.2	17.4	14.2	14.5
December	19.1	18.1	18.2	14.9
January	19.6	19.1	16.9	14.7
February	20.0	17.5	16.6	16.3
March	17.3	18.8	16.0	15.6
April	17.6	18.7	16.2	15.4
May	18.2	19.0	15.5	15.3
June	18.6	18.4	14.3	14.3
Annual average	19.5	18.3	16.9	15.1
(a) Unemployed for 52 weeks or more.
(b) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6291.0.55.001
								Update
								22 January 2009