Unemployment Rate (15+)
3.30% Toowoomba
4.20% Brisbane – Inner City
4.30% Darling Downs – Maranoa
4.40% Brisbane – South
4.70% Moreton Bay – South
5.00% Brisbane – East
5.20% Brisbane – North
5.20% Gold Coast
5.50% Greater Brisbane
5.70% Brisbane – West… Read the rest
ABS figures released in September 2015 showed the Trend Unemployment Rate for August 2015 at 6.2% for all Employment Types.
The report also shows the Unemployment Rates for each year from 1978, and the following chart comprises the Unemployment Rate for each August of each of … Read the rest
In 2015 35.48% of people age 15 and over were not in the Labour Force
In 1978 39.42% of people age 15 and over were not in the Labour Force
A … Read the rest
Unemployment Figures are released every month for Australia by the ABS, but what EXACTLY does the most commonly produced figure tell us?
The August 2015 Unemployment Rate is quoted by most publications as: 6.2%.
This is based on the ABS media report stating:… Read the rest
Australia gets a lot of new migrants arriving every year, and many are under the skilled migrants scheme, but we often hear about how difficult it is for some to get work.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) … Read the rest
The rate of Unemployment for recent migrants is normally higher than for long term Residents or citizens.
Comparative unemployment rates
9.0% Recent migrants on a permanent visa
7.0% Recent migrants (all visas)
5.4% people born in Australia
4.6% Temporary residents
4.3% Migrants with … Read the rest
As at July 2015 the Australian national minimum wage is $17.29 per hour or $656.90 per 38 hour week (before tax).
This applied to the first pay period after 1 July 2015
The Minimum Wage rate for July … Read the rest
February 2015 saw Queensland with the second highest rate of Unemployment in mainland Australia, with a rate of 6.5 per cent.
Different electorates had very different unemployment rates, ranging from Woodridge with 14.6% unemployed, down to Warrego with just 2.9% … Read the rest
Latest 2015 Cairns youth unemployment quoted as 21.3 per cent
July 2014 Cairns youth unemployment is 20.4 per cent
Labor’s first strike to win Election 2015 is to promise … Read the rest
29.8% South Australia ?? Outback, SA Australian Labor Party
26.7% Tasmania – South East, TAS Liberal
25.3% Shepparton, VIC Liberal/National
22.5% Townsville, QLD LNP
20.7% Mornington Peninsula, VIC Liberal/National
20.6% Launceston and North East, TAS Liberal
20.2% Cairns, QLD LNP
19.8% Richmond ?? … Read the rest
