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 |
|
Level
Dec Qtr 2012
|
Quarterly
% change
|
Annual
% change
|
5-Year
high
|
5-Year
low
|
| Unemployment Rate |
|
| Western Downs |
4.6% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
4.6% |
1.7% |
| Dalby |
5.1% |
+0.3% |
+0.4% |
5.1% |
1.7% |
| Chinchilla |
3.4% |
+0.2% |
-0.1% |
3.9% |
1.3% |
| Miles-Wandoan |
2.0% |
0.0% |
-0.4% |
2.7% |
1.1% |
| Tara |
8.4% |
+0.4% |
+1.1% |
8.4% |
2.9% |
| |
| Queensland |
5.8% |
+0.2% |
+0.3% |
5.8% |
3.6% |
| |
| Unemployed Persons |
|
| Western Downs |
838 |
+6.2% |
+10.5% |
838 |
281 |
| Dalby |
482 |
+6.6% |
+12.6% |
482 |
151 |
| Chinchilla |
131 |
+6.5% |
+3.1% |
139 |
48 |
| Miles-Wandoan |
51 |
+1.9% |
-12.9% |
64 |
26 |
| Tara |
174 |
+6.1% |
+20.0% |
174 |
56 |
| |
| Queensland |
143,637 |
+2.8% |
+5.6% |
143,637 |
81,200 |
Note: (a) Changes are percentage point changes
For more detailed information, please refer to Western Downs Regional Council's economic publication Economic Brief
here