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
Gympie Queensland
 
Unemployment rate
Level, Dec Qtr 2012 7.4% 5.8%
Quarterly % change +0.8% +0.2%
Annual % change(a) +0.5% +0.3%
5-year % change(a) +2.1% +2.1%
5-year high +7.4% +5.8%
5-year low +4.8% +3.6%
 
Unemployed persons
Level, Dec Qtr 2012 1,756 143,637
Quarterly % change +13.6% +2.8%
Annual % change +16.7% +5.6%
5-year % change +65.1% +71.8%
5-year high 1,756 143,637
5-year low 1,003 81,200
Note: (a) Changes are percentage point changes

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