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 |
|
Clarence Valley
|
New South Wales
|
| |
| Unemployment rate |
|
|
| Level, Sep Qtr 2013 |
7.5% |
5.4% |
| Quarterly % change |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
| Annual % change(a) |
+1.4% |
+0.3% |
| 5-year % change(a) |
-0.2% |
+0.7% |
| 5-year high |
+8.7% |
+6.1% |
| 5-year low |
+6.1% |
+4.7% |
| |
| Unemployed persons |
|
|
| Level, Sep Qtr 2013 |
1,726 |
208,881 |
| Quarterly % change |
+1.6% |
+3.4% |
| Annual % change |
+25.8% |
+7.5% |
| 5-year % change |
+6.2% |
+24.7% |
| 5-year high |
1,890 |
224,206 |
| 5-year low |
1,372 |
167,545 |
Note: (a) Changes are percentage point changes
For more detailed information, please refer to Clarence Valley Council's economic publication Clarence Valley Economic Monitor here