Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.5 Youth unemployment
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Unemployed youth (a) (b) – '000
July	55.2	51.7	76.7	71.0	61.0
August	56.0	54.0	62.7	69.6	65.4
September	52.0	54.5	73.1	61.2	63.9
October	56.9	52.2	70.7	72.3	62.5
November	63.2	47.8	74.4	66.8	59.9
December	59.0	52.0	67.2	63.5	69.0
January	55.9	63.9	65.9	66.7
February	51.2	76.8	65.0	63.3
March	49.4	73.1	71.6	59.9
April	58.4	70.2	70.9	61.0
May	53.9	75.8	69.1	55.6
June	55.1	76.3	70.7	57.3
Annual average	55.5	62.7	69.7	63.9
Youth unemployment rate (b) (c) – per cent
July	17.8	16.4	26.3	24.6	22.7
August	17.7	16.7	22.5	24.4	24.3
September	17.0	17.3	25.5	21.5	24.3
October	18.0	17.4	24.4	24.4	23.9
November	19.7	16.3	25.5	22.6	23.1
December	18.2	17.7	23.4	22.4	26.1
January	17.0	21.6	23.9	23.8
February	15.7	25.1	23.1	22.6
March	15.4	24.3	24.8	22.3
April	18.4	23.0	24.4	23.1
May	16.7	25.1	24.1	21.0
June	16.9	25.7	24.5	21.6
Annual average	17.4	20.6	24.3	22.8
(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								16 February 2012