Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.5 Youth unemployment
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Unemployed youth (a) (b) – '000
July	62.5	60.6	60.4	56.0	53.2
August	58.0	59.2	61.0	55.8	53.2
September	63.1	63.0	59.7	51.6	53.8
October	56.8	64.1	53.6	56.3	51.3
November	57.9	59.8	59.3	65.2	50.1
December	65.8	57.8	60.5	57.4	50.0
January	57.8	61.2	60.7	53.6	60.6
February	62.4	58.5	57.5	49.0	72.2
March	59.2	61.6	55.3	49.1	72.9
April	63.2	61.2	50.9	57.9	70.0
May	61.3	61.1	53.8	52.8	74.2
June	60.6	63.9	54.6	56.2
Annual average	60.8	60.9	57.3	55.0
Youth unemployment rate (b) (c) – per cent
July	21.4	19.9	20.3	18.3	17.1
August	20.2	19.5	20.2	17.9	16.9
September	21.5	20.5	19.9	17.0	17.4
October	19.6	21.7	18.0	18.0	17.4
November	19.8	19.4	19.6	20.2	16.9
December	21.6	19.7	20.2	17.9	17.2
January	19.1	20.4	20.5	16.5	21.0
February	20.4	19.4	19.5	15.3	24.2
March	19.6	20.4	18.5	15.5	24.7
April	20.5	20.5	16.8	18.4	23.2
May	20.0	20.6	17.7	16.6	25.0
June	19.7	21.4	18.2	17.5
Annual average	20.3	20.3	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								9 July 2009