Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.5 Youth unemployment
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Unemployed youth (a) (b) – '000
July	62.8	60.4	60.0	55.2	52.5
August	58.4	59.4	60.2	54.7	52.3
September	63.5	62.5	58.7	50.4	52.3
October	57.0	63.2	52.4	54.3	49.5
November	58.2	59.5	58.8	64.4	49.2
December	66.2	57.3	59.4	55.8
January	58.2	60.9	60.0	52.6
February	62.9	58.7	57.8	49.2
March	59.9	61.9	55.7	49.5
April	64.0	61.9	51.5	58.6
May	62.0	61.6	54.4	53.8
June	61.0	63.8	54.1	55.9
Annual average	61.3	60.8	56.9	54.4
Youth unemployment rate (b) (c) – per cent
July	21.3	19.7	20.2	18.2	17.2
August	20.1	19.5	20.0	17.7	16.8
September	21.4	20.3	19.7	16.8	17.1
October	19.5	21.3	17.6	17.5	17.0
November	19.6	19.2	19.5	20.1	16.8
December	21.5	19.5	20.0	17.6
January	19.1	20.3	20.4	16.4
February	20.5	19.5	19.8	15.6
March	19.7	20.5	18.7	15.8
April	20.5	20.6	16.9	18.7
May	20.1	20.8	18.0	17.1
June	19.7	21.4	18.2	17.7
Annual average	20.2	20.2	19.1	17.4
(a) 15–19 year olds looking for full-time work.
(b) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(c) 15–19 year olds looking for full-time work as a proportion of full-time youth labour force.
								Update
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0								15 January 2009