Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.2 Unemployment
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Number unemployed (a) – '000
July	524.7	505.5	472.8	484.6	665.2
August	519.2	511.7	477.7	460.0	663.2
September	532.3	511.3	469.6	490.1	659.0
October	539.3	491.6	488.5	499.1	670.1
November	527.1	497.0	502.0	510.5
December	537.9	499.7	477.9	516.4
January	546.1	492.4	464.4	552.0
February	543.6	502.7	440.8	604.0
March	518.0	484.5	450.8	649.4
April	528.3	476.0	475.4	623.2
May	512.7	465.3	475.1	655.1
June	517.0	473.3	475.9	661.7
Annual average	529.4	492.9	471.7	562.2
Unemployment rate (a) (b) – per cent
July	5.0	4.7	4.3	4.3	5.8
August	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.1	5.8
September	5.0	4.7	4.2	4.3	5.7
October	5.1	4.5	4.4	4.4	5.8
November	5.0	4.6	4.5	4.5
December	5.1	4.6	4.3	4.6
January	5.1	4.5	4.2	4.9
February	5.1	4.6	3.9	5.3
March	4.8	4.4	4.0	5.7
April	4.9	4.3	4.2	5.5
May	4.8	4.2	4.2	5.7
June	4.8	4.3	4.2	5.8
Annual average	5.0	4.5	4.2	5.0
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(b) Number unemployed as a proportion of the labour force.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0								Update
								10 December 2009