Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.4 Long-term unemployment
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Long-term unemployed (a) (b) – '000
July	90.3	99.2	77.1	65.3	100.2
August	91.9	91.7	67.8	66.6	100.1
September	92.3	84.5	69.4	76.0	96.6
October	102.0	81.6	68.6	74.0
November	95.0	85.2	70.3	72.4
December	96.8	90.3	70.6	70.2
January	104.6	83.8	68.8	74.0
February	94.5	83.5	71.7	81.5
March	97.3	77.8	70.9	85.0
April	100.3	79.2	75.4	78.4
May	97.7	72.6	73.0	88.0
June	94.4	66.6	66.8	106.4
Annual average	96.6	83.1	70.9	78.4
Percentage of total unemployed (b) – per cent
July	17.2	19.6	16.3	13.5	15.1
August	17.7	17.9	14.2	14.5	15.1
September	17.3	16.5	14.8	15.5	14.7
October	18.9	16.6	14.0	14.8
November	18.0	17.1	14.0	14.2
December	18.0	18.1	14.8	13.6
January	19.1	17.0	14.8	13.4
February	17.4	16.6	16.3	13.5
March	18.8	16.1	15.7	13.1
April	19.0	16.6	15.9	12.6
May	19.1	15.6	15.4	13.4
June	18.3	14.1	14.0	16.1
Annual average	18.3	16.9	15.0	13.9
(a) Unemployed for 52 weeks or more.
(b) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6291.0.55.001
								Update
								19 November 2009