Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.5 Youth unemployment
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Unemployed youth (a) (b) – '000
July	60.4	60.1	55.6	52.5	79.0
August	59.1	61.1	56.2	53.8	62.8
September	63.0	59.7	51.5	53.6	71.3
October	64.3	53.9	56.8	51.8	70.3
November	59.6	59.0	64.9	49.9
December	57.9	60.6	57.6	50.2
January	61.3	60.8	53.8	60.9
February	58.7	57.7	49.3	72.7
March	61.7	55.3	49.1	72.7
April	61.6	51.3	58.5	70.7
May	61.1	53.8	53.0	74.3
June	62.8	53.2	54.4	74.9
Annual average	60.9	57.3	55.0	61.8
Youth unemployment rate (b) (c) – per cent
July	19.8	20.2	18.1	16.9	27.3
August	19.5	20.2	17.9	16.9	22.8
September	20.5	19.9	16.9	17.2	25.2
October	21.7	18.0	18.1	17.5	24.5
November	19.4	19.5	20.2	16.9
December	19.7	20.3	18.0	17.3
January	20.4	20.6	16.6	21.1
February	19.4	19.6	15.4	24.4
March	20.5	18.5	15.6	24.7
April	20.7	17.0	18.7	23.5
May	20.6	17.7	16.7	25.1
June	21.1	17.8	17.0	25.8
Annual average	20.3	19.1	17.4	20.7
(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								10 December 2009