Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.4 Long-term unemployment
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Long-term unemployed (a) (b) – '000
July	77.1	65.9	102.1	112.1	113.9
August	69.2	68.1	102.8	112.1	132.5
September	70.4	78.1	100.3	120.9	112.7
October	69.7	75.3	101.3	129.2	115.5
November	70.0	71.9	108.8	120.3	112.3
December	70.4	70.3	114.7	114.3	110.9
January	69.9	75.5	110.8	112.2
February	72.0	82.8	109.2	113.4
March	71.5	86.2	107.5	120.1
April	75.9	79.1	114.2	113.2
May	73.5	88.7	112.0	122.6
June	67.2	107.5	113.5	114.0
Annual average	71.4	79.4	108.3	116.7
Percentage of total unemployed (b) – per cent
July	16.3	13.6	15.3	17.7	18.4
August	14.4	14.7	15.4	18.5	20.7
September	14.9	15.8	15.0	19.8	17.7
October	14.4	15.2	15.4	20.4	18.5
November	13.9	14.0	16.7	19.4	17.7
December	14.6	13.3	17.7	19.3	17.6
January	14.8	13.3	17.9	18.5
February	16.1	13.4	17.4	18.7
March	15.6	13.0	16.9	20.1
April	15.8	12.5	17.8	19.3
May	15.2	13.2	18.3	20.5
June	13.9	15.8	18.5	19.0
Annual average	15.0	13.9	16.9	19.2
(a) Unemployed for 52 weeks or more.
(b) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6291.0.55.001
								Update
								23 February 2012