Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.8 Jobseekers receiving Newstart Allowance
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Newstart Allowance recipients (a) – '000
July	420.2	380.7	379.2	327.5	293.9
August	406.7	371.9	369.8	312.5	288.0
September	396.4	364.6	362.5	302.9	283.8
October	386.2	357.2	355.8	297.0	284.6
November	378.9	351.9	345.8	286.5	288.2
December	402.8	373.7	354.4	302.0
January	431.7	402.7	375.3	322.1
February	422.6	397.4	371.0	320.9
March	403.6	378.3	353.2	307.3
April	391.4	371.3	342.2	299.8
May	384.9	370.1	334.3	293.1
June	378.4	367.5	326.2	290.6
Annual average	400.3	374.0	355.8	305.2
Annual change – per cent
July	-9.8	-9.4	-0.4	-13.6	-10.3
August	-9.5	-8.5	-0.6	-15.5	-7.9
September	-8.7	-8.0	-0.6	-16.4	-6.3
October	-9.6	-7.5	-0.4	-16.5	-4.2
November	-9.5	-7.1	-1.7	-17.2	0.6
December	-8.5	-7.2	-5.2	-14.8
January	-8.2	-6.7	-6.8	-14.2
February	-8.6	-6.0	-6.6	-13.5
March	-8.9	-6.3	-6.6	-13.0
April	-9.5	-5.1	-7.8	-12.4
May	-9.7	-3.8	-9.7	-12.3
June	-10.1	-2.9	-11.3	-10.9
Annual average	-9.2	-6.6	-4.9	-14.2
(a) Includes jobseekers receiving Youth Allowance (other).
Source: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Labour market and
related payments: a monthly profile								Update
								28 January 2009