Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.8 Jobseekers receiving Newstart Allowance
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Newstart Allowance recipients (a) – '000
July	327.5	293.9	427.5	338.8	314.6
August	312.5	288.0	399.6	319.6	304.0
September	302.9	283.8	387.9	310.2	299.5
October	297.0	284.6	376.0	302.9	297.8
November	286.5	288.2	366.2	298.0	296.1
December	302.0	317.4	377.9	318.5	317.2
January	322.1	351.2	389.0	336.3
February	320.9	367.9	380.2	340.8
March	307.3	370.2	364.9	324.9
April	299.8	379.1	354.6	319.7
May	293.1	391.6	346.2	317.7
June	290.6	405.5	340.8	315.6
Annual average	305.2	335.1	375.9	320.2
Annual change – per cent
July	-13.6	-10.3	45.5	-20.8	-7.1
August	-15.5	-7.9	38.7	-20.0	-4.9
September	-16.4	-6.3	36.7	-20.0	-3.5
October	-16.5	-4.2	32.1	-19.4	-1.7
November	-17.2	0.6	27.1	-18.6	-0.6
December	-14.8	5.1	19.1	-15.7	-0.4
January	-14.2	9.1	10.8	-13.6
February	-13.5	14.6	3.3	-10.4
March	-13.0	20.5	-1.4	-11.0
April	-12.4	26.4	-6.5	-9.8
May	-12.3	33.6	-11.6	-8.2
June	-10.9	39.5	-16.0	-7.4
Annual average	-14.2	9.8	12.2	-14.8
(a) Includes jobseekers receiving Youth Allowance (other).
Source: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Labour market and
related payments: a monthly profile								Update
								29 February 2012