Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.2 Unemployment
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Number unemployed (a) – '000
July	472.4	485.5	666.9	634.0	620.2
August	479.1	463.4	669.3	605.2	639.6
September	471.1	494.8	666.9	611.5	636.4
October	484.1	493.9	657.4	634.2	624.1
November	502.2	512.8	650.5	619.3	633.7
December	483.0	526.5	646.6	592.3	629.9
January	472.9	566.7	618.7	607.3
February	446.7	619.4	626.7	606.4
March	457.8	665.8	635.8	597.1
April	481.2	634.2	640.1	586.4
May	484.2	671.7	611.0	597.7
June	483.9	680.4	613.3	598.4
Annual average	475.5	570.5	640.9	606.9
Unemployment rate (a) (b) – per cent
July	4.3	4.3	5.7	5.3	5.1
August	4.3	4.1	5.8	5.1	5.3
September	4.2	4.3	5.7	5.1	5.3
October	4.3	4.3	5.6	5.3	5.2
November	4.5	4.5	5.6	5.1	5.2
December	4.3	4.6	5.5	4.9	5.2
January	4.2	4.9	5.3	5.0
February	4.0	5.4	5.3	5.0
March	4.1	5.8	5.4	5.0
April	4.2	5.5	5.4	4.9
May	4.3	5.8	5.2	5.0
June	4.3	5.9	5.2	5.0
Annual average	4.2	5.0	5.5	5.1
(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
								16 February 2012