WA Unemployment Continues to Edge Lower

Graph credited to abs.gov.au

Western Australia was the only state to record a lower trend unemployment rate for September 2019 compared to the previous month. September trend unemployment for WA was 1 point lower at 5.7% compared to 5.8% for August. Nationally, the rate has remained unchanged for September at 5.3%.

The unemployment rates for Queensland and South Australia both increased by 0.1% for September while all other states remained unchanged.

Some of the key data as released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today include:

• Nationally the rate remained steady at 5.3%

• Number of unemployed persons increased by 1,600 persons

• The participation rate remained steady

• Trend employment increased by 20,200 persons

• Underutilisation rate remaining steady at 13.7%

• Underemployment rate remaining steady at 8.4%

Data and table above as released by abs.gov.au 17th Oct 2019.