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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

1.3a Unemployment Rate

Original (a) - per cent

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Annual average

1963-64

1.8

1.4

1964-65

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.2

1965-66

1.2

1.4

1.8

1.4

1.4

1966-67

1.6

1.5

2.2

2.0

1.8

1967-68

1.7

1.6

2.2

2.0

1.9

1968-69

1.6

1.6

2.1

1.8

1.8

1969-70

1.5

1.8

1.9

1.7

1.7

1970-71

1.4

1.5

2.1

1.9

1.7

1971-72

1.7

2.0

2.9

2.4

2.2

1972-73

2.5

2.7

3.1

2.3

2.6

1973-74

1.8

2.1

2.6

2.1

2.1

1974-75

2.4

3.7

5.4

4.7

4.0

1975-76

4.6

5.0

5.4

4.4

4.8

1976-77

4.7

4.5

5.9

5.5

5.2

1977-78

5.7

5.5

7.5

6.6

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.2

1978-79

5.9

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.8

6.8

7.0

7.0

6.6

6.5

6.2

6.1

6.3

1979-80

6.0

5.8

6.1

6.0

5.5

6.4

6.7

6.7

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.2

1980-81

5.8

5.9

6.0

5.7

5.4

6.3

6.5

6.3

6.0

5.6

5.6

5.2

5.9

1981-82

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

6.3

6.5

7.1

6.7

6.4

6.6

6.6

6.2

1982-83

6.6

6.7

7.3

7.8

8.0

9.6

10.1

10.7

10.4

10.2

10.3

10.0

9.0

1983-84

9.8

9.9

10.2

9.3

8.9

9.7

10.3

10.4

9.7

9.4

8.9

8.9

9.6

1984-85

8.4

8.5

8.6

8.1

8.0

8.6

9.3

9.3

9.2

8.5

8.4

8.4

8.6

1985-86

7.8

7.9

8.0

7.3

7.3

7.9

8.5

8.8

8.4

8.0

7.8

7.4

7.9

1986-87

7.9

8.0

8.3

7.8

7.7

8.4

8.9

9.1

9.0

8.4

8.2

7.8

8.3

1987-88

7.8

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.3

7.8

8.3

8.2

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.2

7.8

1988-89

6.6

6.8

6.9

6.4

6.1

6.9

7.4

7.3

6.7

6.3

6.3

5.8

6.6

1989-90

5.9

5.7

6.0

5.5

5.4

5.9

6.7

7.1

6.5

6.3

6.5

6.4

6.2

1990-91

6.7

7.0

7.3

7.1

7.4

8.1

9.1

9.5

9.6

9.9

9.5

9.0

8.3

1991-92

9.5

9.5

10.0

9.4

9.6

10.6

11.2

11.5

11.0

10.6

10.7

10.6

10.3

1992-93

10.7

10.5

10.6

10.4

10.4

11.3

11.8

12.2

11.3

10.8

10.8

10.6

11.0

1993-94

10.4

10.7

10.7

10.4

10.3

10.7

11.3

11.5

10.8

10.1

9.7

9.6

10.5

1994-95

9.1

9.2

9.3

8.6

8.7

9.0

9.7

9.9

9.1

8.3

8.4

8.1

8.9

1995-96

7.9

8.1

8.4

8.2

8.1

8.2

9.2

9.4

8.9

8.7

8.3

8.0

8.5

1996-97

8.0

8.5

8.7

8.4

8.1

8.7

9.3

9.8

9.2

8.7

8.6

8.2

8.7

1997-98

8.2

8.4

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.1

8.9

9.1

8.6

7.9

7.9

7.9

8.3

1998-99

7.8

7.9

8.1

7.3

(a) Number unemployed as a proportion of the labour force.

Note: There are breaks in the series in August 1966 and April 1986. Care should be exercised when making comparisons over periods within which these dates fall.

Source: The Labour Force, ABS (6202.0, 6203.0)

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