Unemployment Rate

Definition: The unemployment rate represents the number of persons unemployed as a percentage of the labour force, which includes all those persons over the age of 15 years who are employed plus all those who are unemployed but actively looking for work.

Series: September Quarter 2003-present

Source: DEEWR

Unemployment Rate
Unemployment Rate
Lockyer Valley Queensland
 
Unemployment rate
Level, Sep Qtr 2013 7.0% 5.9%
Quarterly % change +0.6% 0.0%
Annual % change(a) -1.4% +0.3%
5-year % change(a) +3.4% +2.3%
5-year high +8.4% +6.0%
5-year low +3.4% +3.7%
 
Unemployed persons
Level, Sep Qtr 2013 1,269 148,370
Quarterly % change +11.9% -0.2%
Annual % change -12.7% +6.1%
5-year % change +108.0% +76.5%
5-year high 1,453 148,630
5-year low 574 84,048
Note: (a) Changes are percentage point changes

For more detailed information, please refer to the Lockyer Valley Regional Council's economic publication Economic Brief here