	Unemployed or ‘Under-employed’*	Unemployed	Looking for	‘Under-employed’*
2005#	‘000	%	‘000	%	FT '000	PT '000	‘000	%
Oct-Dec 2005	1,557	15.2	802	7.8	419	383	755	7.4
2006
Jan-Mar 2006	1,616	15.3	847	8.0	420	427	769	7.3
Apr-June 2006	1,504	14.2	702	6.6	332	370	802	7.6
July-Sep 2006	1,440	13.8	767	7.3	441	326	673	6.5
Oct-Dec 2006	1,463	13.9	752	7.1	428	324	711	6.7
2007
Jan-Mar 2007	1,445	13.8	757	7.2	399	358	688	6.6
Apr-June 2007	1,231	11.5	595	5.6	305	290	636	5.9
July-Sep 2007	1,267	11.9	615	5.8	318	297	652	6.1
Oct-Dec 2007	1,343	12.6	647	6.1	330	317	696	6.5
2008
Jan-Mar 2008	1,325	12.4	646	6.0	366	280	679	6.4
Apr-June 2008	1,286	12.0	631	5.9	310	321	655	6.1
July-Sep 2008	1,319	12.0	584	5.3	314	270	735	6.7
Oct-Dec 2008	1,473	13.5	674	6.2	352	322	799	7.3
2009
Jan-Mar 2009	1,536	13.9	809	7.3	444	365	727	6.6
Apr-June 2009	1,663	14.9	829	7.4	487	342	834	7.5
July-Sep 2009	1,734	15.4	825	7.3	485	340	909	8.1
Oct-Dec 2009	1,693	14.9	787	7.0	429	358	906	8.0
2010
Jan-Mar 2010	1,687	14.7	872	7.6	491	381	815	7.1
Apr-June 2010	1,592	13.8	749	6.5	437	312	843	7.3
July-Sep 2010	1,603	13.8	737	6.3	400	337	866	7.4
Oct-Dec 2010	1,740	14.7	825	7.0	442	383	915	7.7
2011
Jan-Mar 2011	1,714	14.5	912	7.7	483	429	802	6.8
Apr-June 2011	1,728	14.5	837	7.0	465	372	891	7.5
July-Sep 2011	1,709	14.5	914	7.7	481	433	795	6.7
Oct-Dec 2011	1,956	16.2	1,035	8.6	556	479	921	7.6
2012
Jan-Mar 2012	2,143	17.5	1,192	9.7	599	593	951	7.8
Apr-June 2012	2,121	17.4	1,105	9.1	546	559	1,016	8.3
July-Sep 2012	2,120	17.4	1,196	9.8	584	612	924	7.6
Oct-Dec 2012	2,238	18.4	1,189	9.8	572	617	1,049	8.6
2013
Jan-Mar 2013	2,391	19.2	1,352	10.9	703	649	1,039	8.3
Apr-Jun 2013	2,243	18.1	1,176	9.5	588	587	1,067	8.6
July-Sep 2013	2,314	18.6	1,272	10.2	618	654	1,042	8.4
Oct-Dec 2013	2,439	19.5	1,337	10.7	734	603	1,102	8.8
2014
Jan-Mar 2014	2,532	20.0	1,488	11.7	843	645	1,044	8.3
Apr-Jun 2014	2,360	18.9	1,273	10.2	638	635	1,087	8.7
July-Sep 2014	2,237	18.2	1,179	9.6	594	585	1,058	8.6
Oct-Dec 2014	2,448	19.6	1,250	10.0	559	691	1,198	9.6
2015
Jan-Mar 2015	2,384	18.9	1,327	10.5	656	672	1,057	8.4
Apr-Jun 2015	2,359	18.7	1,263	10.0	618	645	1,096	8.7
July-Sep 2015	2,061	16.2	1,109	8.7	518	591	952	7.5
Oct-Dec 2015	2,475	19.2	1,184	9.2	603	581	1,291	10.0
2016
Jan-Mar 2016	2,496	19.1	1,362	10.4	639	723	1,134	8.7
Apr-Jun 2016	2,322	18.1	1,317	10.2	637	680	1,005	7.8
July-Sep 2016	2,296	17.8	1,266	9.8	574	692	1,030	8.0
Oct-Dec 2016	2,446	18.9	1,191	9.2	635	556	1,255	9.7
2017
Jan-Mar 2017	2,377	17.9	1,261	9.5	591	670	1,116	8.4
Apr-Jun 2017	2,525	19.0	1,234	9.3	607	627	1,291	9.7
Jul-Sep 2017	2,508	19.1	1,254	9.6	598	656	1,254	9.5
Oct-Dec 2017	2,442	18.5	1,275	9.7	659	616	1,167	8.8
2018
Jan-Mar 2018	2,561	18.9	1,246	9.2	626	620	1,314	9.7
Apr-Jun 2018	2,528	18.9	1,228	9.2	589	639	1,301	9.7
Jul-Sep 2018	2,469	18.5	1,354	10.1	631	723	1,115	8.3
Oct-Dec 2018	2,440	18.1	1,286	9.5	559	727	1,154	8.6
2019
Jan-Mar 2019	2,604	19.2	1,345	9.9	635	701	1,259	9.3
Apr-Jun 2019	2,490	18.2	1,260	9.2	626	634	1,229	9.0
Jul-Sep 2019	2,261	16.6	1,188	8.7	520	667	1,074	7.9
Oct-Dec 2019	2,374	17.1	1,134	8.2	536	598	1,240	8.9
2020
Jan-Mar 2020	2,692	19.1	1,417	10.1	638	779	1,275	9.0
Apr-Jun 2020	3,466	24.6	2,099	14.9	937	1,162	1,367	9.7
Jul-Sep 2020	3,237	22.7	1,865	13.1	769	1,096	1,373	9.6
Oct-Dec 2020	3,064	21.5	1,738	12.2	789	949	1,326	9.3
2021
Jan-Mar 2021	2,971	20.6	1,750	12.1	717	1,033	1,222	8.5
Apr-Jun 2021	2,688	18.3	1,398	9.5	574	824	1,290	8.8
Jul-Sep 2021	2,573	17.7	1,350	9.3	547	803	1,224	8.4
Oct-Dec 2021	2,586	17.8	1,301	9.0	537	764	1,286	8.9
2022
Jan-Mar 2022	2,380	16.4	1,187	8.2	438	749	1,193	7.8
Apr-Jun 2022	2,467	17.0	1,235	8.5	482	753	1,232	8.5
Jul-Sep 2022	2,657	17.9	1,270	8.6	540	730	1,387	9.3
Oct - Dec 2022	2,792	19.4	1,361	9.2	542	819	1,431	9.6
2023
Jan-Mar 2023
MONTHS
2005
October 2005	1,375	13.3	709	6.9	422	287	666	6.4
November 2005	1,635	15.9	832	8.1	403	429	803	7.8
December 2005	1,660	16.3	864	8.5	431	433	796	7.8
2006
January 2006	1,683	16.0	893	8.5	424	469	790	7.5
February 2006	1,612	15.1	832	7.8	406	426	780	7.3
March 2006	1,553	14.8	815	7.8	428	387	738	7.0
April 2006	1,528	14.5	753	7.1	350	403	775	7.4
May 2006	1,462	13.8	695	6.6	298	397	767	7.2
June 2006	1,524	14.3	659	6.2	349	310	865	8.1
July 2006	1,461	13.8	776	7.3	438	338	685	6.5
August 2006	1,400	13.6	722	7.0	416	306	678	6.6
September 2006	1,460	13.8	803	7.6	470	333	657	6.2
October 2006	1,508	14.4	864	8.2	454	410	644	6.2
November 2006	1,387	13.2	681	6.5	410	271	706	6.7
December 2006	1,494	14.0	712	6.7	422	290	782	7.3
2007
January 2007	1,601	15.0	854	8.0	484	370	747	7.0
February 2007	1,470	13.9	781	7.4	365	416	689	6.5
March 2007	1,265	12.5	636	6.3	348	288	629	6.2
April 2007	1,357	12.6	680	6.3	383	297	677	6.3
May 2007	1,102	10.2	528	4.9	224	304	574	5.3
June 2007	1,235	11.7	579	5.5	309	270	656	6.2
July 2007	1,384	13.1	648	6.1	329	319	736	7.0
August 2007	1,159	10.7	537	5.0	276	261	622	5.7
September 2007	1,258	11.8	658	6.2	348	310	600	5.6
October 2007	1,199	11.3	594	5.6	294	300	606	5.7
November 2007	1,263	11.8	606	5.7	276	330	657	6.1
December 2007	1,566	14.7	740	7.0	421	319	825	7.7
2008
January 2008	1,411	13.2	624	5.8	405	219	787	7.3
February 2008	1,222	11.4	662	6.2	344	318	560	5.2
March 2008	1,341	12.6	651	6.1	350	301	690	6.5
April 2008	1,252	11.6	608	5.6	261	347	644	6.0
May 2008	1,232	11.5	657	6.1	325	332	575	5.4
June 2008	1,375	12.8	629	5.8	344	285	746	6.9
July 2008	1,369	12.3	607	5.5	332	275	762	6.9
August 2008	1,353	12.5	606	5.6	317	289	747	6.9
September 2008	1,234	11.3	538	4.9	293	245	696	6.4
October 2008	1,482	13.4	625	5.7	352	273	857	7.7
November 2008	1,504	13.8	696	6.4	333	363	808	7.4
December 2008	1,432	13.2	700	6.4	370	330	732	6.7
2009
January 2009	1,550	13.9	767	6.9	415	352	783	7.0
February 2009	1,583	14.3	884	8.0	508	376	699	6.3
March 2009	1,475	13.4	775	7.0	408	367	700	6.4
April 2009	1,673	14.9	799	7.1	475	324	874	7.8
May 2009	1,486	13.3	825	7.4	499	326	661	5.9
June 2009	1,829	16.6	862	7.8	487	375	967	8.8
July 2009	1,883	16.6	861	7.6	554	307	1,022	9.0
August 2009	1,636	14.4	838	7.4	433	405	798	7.0
September 2009	1,684	15.1	775	6.9	467	308	909	8.2
October 2009	1,672	14.9	811	7.2	430	381	861	7.7
November 2009	1,701	15.0	777	6.9	404	373	924	8.1
December 2009	1,706	14.9	773	6.8	454	319	932	8.2
2010
January 2010	1,720	14.7	875	7.5	485	390	845	7.2
February 2010	1,622	14.2	907	7.9	533	374	716	6.3
March 2010	1,721	15.3	836	7.4	456	380	885	7.9
April 2010	1,653	14.4	760	6.6	448	312	893	7.8
May 2010	1,687	14.6	804	6.9	467	337	884	7.6
June 2010	1,435	12.4	682	5.9	397	285	753	6.5
July 2010	1,677	14.4	737	6.3	367	370	940	8.1
August 2010	1,612	13.7	718	6.1	448	270	894	7.6
September 2010	1,520	13.1	756	6.5	384	372	764	6.6
October 2010	1,664	14.0	760	6.4	360	400	904	7.6
November 2010	1,627	13.7	815	6.9	465	350	812	6.8
December 2010	1,931	16.5	903	7.7	502	401	1,028	8.8
2011
January 2011	1,818	15.1	948	7.9	459	489	870	7.2
February 2011	1,596	13.6	927	7.9	524	403	669	5.7
March 2011	1,729	14.8	863	7.4	468	395	866	7.4
April 2011	1,796	15.2	847	7.2	485	362	949	8.0
May 2011	1,682	14.2	818	6.9	442	376	864	7.3
June 2011	1,707	14.1	846	7.0	467	379	862	7.1
July 2011	1,743	14.9	885	7.6	495	390	859	7.3
August 2011	1,730	14.6	939	7.9	484	455	791	6.7
September 2011	1,654	13.9	919	7.7	465	454	735	6.2
October 2011	1,874	15.7	1,026	8.6	564	462	848	7.1
November 2011	1,982	16.3	1,044	8.6	560	484	938	7.7
December 2011	2,012	16.8	1,034	8.6	544	490	978	8.1
2012
January 2012	2,212	17.8	1,278	10.3	705	573	934	7.5
February 2012	2,144	17.5	1,177	9.7	591	586	962	7.9
March 2012	2,079	17.2	1,120	9.3	499	621	959	7.9
April 2012	2,159	17.5	1,149	9.3	606	543	1,010	8.2
May 2012	2,104	17.2	997	8.2	444	553	1,107	9.0
June 2012	2,100	17.5	1,169	9.7	589	580	931	7.8
July 2012	2,113	17.5	1,171	9.7	522	649	942	7.8
August 2012	2,131	17.3	1,205	9.8	634	571	926	7.5
September 2012	2,116	17.4	1,214	10.0	597	617	903	7.4
October 2012	2,138	17.8	1,163	9.7	579	584	975	8.1
November 2012	2,222	18.1	1,229	10.0	553	676	993	8.1
December 2012	2,354	19.2	1,175	9.6	585	590	1,178	9.6
2013
January 2013	2,395	19.7	1,327	10.9	744	583	1,068	8.8
February 2013	2,473	19.8	1,360	10.9	649	711	1,113	8.9
March 2013	2,305	18.2	1,369	10.8	715	654	936	7.4
April 2013	2,254	18.1	1,154	9.3	508	646	1,100	8.8
May 2013	2,129	17.3	1,168	9.5	629	539	961	7.8
June 2013	2,346	18.9	1,205	9.7	628	577	1,141	9.2
July 2013	2,398	19.1	1,267	10.1	616	651	1,131	9.0
August 2013	2,257	18.2	1,251	10.1	631	620	1,006	8.1
September 2013	2,286	18.3	1,297	10.4	607	690	989	7.9
October 2013	2,410	19.3	1,333	10.7	726	607	1,077	8.6
November 2013	2,404	19.3	1,268	10.2	700	568	1,136	9.1
December 2013	2,503	19.8	1,411	11.2	777	634	1,092	8.6
2014
January 2014	2,545	20.0	1,440	11.3	851	589	1,105	8.7
February 2014	2,641	20.8	1,561	12.3	866	695	1,080	8.5
March 2014	2,410	19.1	1,465	11.6	814	651	945	7.5
April 2014	2,374	19.0	1,299	10.4	629	670	1,074	8.6
May 2014	2,179	17.8	1,186	9.7	603	583	993	8.1
June 2014	2,514	20.1	1,326	10.6	684	642	1,188	9.5
July 2014	2,344	18.9	1,265	10.2	654	611	1,079	8.7
August 2014	2,144	17.6	1,064	8.7	516	548	1,080	8.8
September 2014	2,223	18.2	1,208	9.9	613	595	1,015	8.3
October 2014	2,207	18.4	1,090	9.1	461	629	1,117	9.3
November 2014	2,491	19.7	1,260	10.0	564	696	1,231	9.7
December 2014	2,648	20.6	1,402	10.9	653	749	1,246	9.7
2015
January 2015	2,266	18.0	1,233	9.8	635	598	1,033	8.2
February 2015	2,542	20.3	1,381	11.0	590	791	1,161	9.3
March 2015	2,344	18.5	1,368	10.8	742	626	976	7.7
April 2015	2,446	19.4	1,309	10.4	656	653	1,137	9.0
May 2015	2,310	18.5	1,289	10.3	646	643	1,021	8.2
June 2015	2,321	18.2	1,192	9.3	552	640	1,129	8.9
July 2015	2,074	16.4	1,097	8.7	525	572	977	7.7
August 2015	2,117	16.6	1,173	9.2	548	625	944	7.4
September 2015	1,994	15.6	1,058	8.3	482	576	936	7.3
October 2015	2,198	17.4	1,110	8.8	464	646	1,088	8.6
November 2015	2,536	19.6	1,186	9.2	623	563	1,350	10.4
December 2015	2,690	20.7	1,256	9.7	722	534	1,434	11.0
2016
January 2016	2,575	19.7	1,346	10.3	696	650	1,229	9.4
February 2016	2,480	18.8	1,319	10.0	589	730	1,161	8.8
March 2016	2,433	18.8	1,422	11.0	631	791	1,011	7.8
April 2016	2,322	18.1	1,334	10.4	611	723	988	7.7
May 2016	2,316	18.1	1,369	10.7	661	708	947	7.4
June 2016	2,326	17.9	1,247	9.6	637	610	1,079	8.3
July 2016	2,536	19.5	1,365	10.5	645	720	1,171	9.0
August 2016	2,249	17.5	1,332	10.4	544	788	917	7.1
September 2016	2,103	16.2	1,101	8.5	532	569	1,002	7.7
October 2016	2,454	19.1	1,188	9.2	626	562	1,266	9.9
November 2016	2,299	17.6	1,199	9.2	629	570	1,100	8.4
December 2016	2,584	20.0	1,186	9.2	650	536	1,398	10.8
2017
January 2017	2,402	17.9	1,295	9.7	634	661	1,107	8.2
February 2017	2,390	17.9	1,253	9.4	576	677	1,137	8.5
March 2017	2,340	17.7	1,236	9.3	563	673	1,104	8.4
April 2017	2,307	17.6	1,217	9.3	612	605	1,090	8.3
May 2017	2,622	20.0	1,284	9.8	659	625	1,338	10.2
June 2017	2,645	19.6	1,200	8.9	550	650	1,445	10.7
July 2017	2,462	18.8	1,236	9.4	568	668	1,226	9.4
August 2017	2,565	19.7	1,324	10.2	639	685	1,241	9.5
September 2017	2,498	18.9	1,202	9.1	586	616	1,296	9.8
October 2017	2,334	18.0	1,226	9.5	658	568	1,108	8.5
November 2017	2,394	18.2	1,288	9.8	624	664	1,106	8.4
December 2017	2,600	19.4	1,312	9.8	696	616	1,288	9.6
2018
January 2018	2,590	19.3	1,219	9.1	642	577	1,371	10.2
February 2018	2,520	18.6	1,310	9.7	658	652	1,210	8.9
March 2018	2,572	18.9	1,210	8.9	578	632	1,362	10.0
April 2018	2,545	19.3	1,196	9.1	561	635	1,349	10.2
May 2018	2,567	19.1	1,316	9.8	627	689	1,251	9.3
June 2018	2,473	18.4	1,171	8.7	578	593	1,302	9.7
July 2018	2,478	18.6	1,329	10.0	581	749	1,148	8.6
August 2018	2,547	19.0	1,476	11.0	700	776	1,071	8.0
September 2018	2,383	17.8	1,256	9.4	611	645	1,127	8.4
October 2018	2,507	18.6	1,265	9.4	501	764	1,242	9.2
November 2018	2,333	17.2	1,291	9.5	578	713	1,042	7.7
December 2018	2,480	18.5	1,302	9.7	599	703	1,178	8.8
2019
January 2019	2,553	18.7	1,253	9.2	597	656	1,300	9.5
February 2019	2,448	18.2	1,293	9.6	606	686	1,156	8.6
March 2019	2,812	20.6	1,491	10.9	731	760	1,321	9.7
April 2019	2,381	17.7	1,202	8.9	599	603	1,179	8.8
May 2019	2,559	18.4	1,325	9.5	674	651	1,234	8.9
June 2019	2,529	18.6	1,254	9.2	605	649	1,275	9.4
July 2019	2,480	18.3	1,182	8.7	526	656	1,298	9.6
August 2019	2,130	15.8	1,179	8.7	454	725	951	7.1
September 2019	2,174	15.7	1,202	8.7	581	621	972	7.0
October 2019	2,307	16.7	1,075	7.8	441	634	1,232	8.9
November 2019	2,226	16.1	1,122	8.1	549	573	1,104	8.0
December 2019	2,588	18.6	1,205	8.7	619	587	1,383	9.9
2020
January 2020	2,586	18.4	1,361	9.7	713	648	1,225	8.7
February 2020	2,443	17.3	1,174	8.3	517	658	1,269	9.0
March 2020 (Total)	3,046	21.6	1,715	12.2	684	1,030	1,331	9.4
March 2020 (Early)	2,161	15.6	1,019	7.3	402	617	1,142	8.2
March 2020 (Late)	3,923	27.4	2,407	16.8	960	1,447	1,516	10.6
April 2020	3,484	24.7	2,159	15.3	1,001	1,158	1,325	9.4
May 2020	3,459	24.5	2,090	14.8	907	1,183	1,369	9.7
June 2020	3,454	24.5	2,048	14.5	904	1,144	1,406	10.0
July 2020	3,284	23.0	1,786	12.5	807	979	1,498	10.5
August 2020	3,270	22.8	1,980	13.8	768	1,212	1,290	9.0
September 2020	3,158	22.3	1,828	12.9	732	1,096	1,330	9.4
October 2020	3,147	22.2	1,810	12.8	790	1,020	1,337	9.4
November 2020	2,964	21.0	1,680	11.9	779	901	1,284	9.1
December 2020	3,081	21.4	1,724	12.0	797	927	1,357	9.4
2021
January 2021	3,118	21.7	1,680	11.7	692	988	1,438	10.0
February 2021	3,068	21.0	1,930	13.2	790	1,140	1,138	7.8
March 2021	2,728	19.0	1,639	11.4	668	971	1,089	7.6
April 2021	2,664	18.3	1,307	9.0	593	714	1,357	9.3
May 2021	2,749	18.9	1,493	10.3	558	935	1,256	8.6
June 2021	2,651	17.9	1,394	9.4	570	824	1,257	8.5
July 2021	2,756	18.8	1,422	9.7	619	803	1,334	9.1
August 2021	2,537	17.7	1,362	9.5	492	870	1,175	8.2
September 2021	2,428	16.7	1,265	8.7	530	735	1,163	8.0
October 2021	2,547	17.8	1,320	9.2	471	849	1,227	8.6
November 2021	2,536	17.5	1,330	9.2	583	748	1,206	8.3
December 2021	2,676	18.2	1,252	8.5	557	695	1,424	9.7
2022
January 2022	2,427	16.6	1,201	8.2	464	737	1,226	8.4
February 2022	2,357	16.3	1,227	8.5	463	764	1,130	7.8
March 2022	2,356	16.2	1,133	7.8	387	746	1,223	8.4
April 2022	2,641	18.1	1,411	9.7	559	852	1,230	8.4
May 2022	2,408	16.7	1,169	8.1	477	692	1,239	8.6
June 2022	2,351	16.3	1,125	7.8	409	716	1,226	8.5
July 2022	2,516	17.1	1,246	8.5	494	752	1,270	8.6
August 2022	2,692	18.1	1,363	9.2	592	771	1,329	8.9
September 2022	2,764	18.6	1,202	8.1	535	667	1,562	10.5
October 2022	2,916	19.7	1,362	9.2	525	837	1,554	10.5
November 2022	2,715	18.2	1,338	9.0	506	832	1,377	9.2
December 2022	2,745	18.4	1,384	9.3	595	789	1,361	9.1
2023
January 2023	3,033	20.2	1,607	10.7	644	963	1,426	9.5

*Workforce includes those employed and those looking for work - the unemployed. #The Gillard Government’s ‘Fair Work Australia’ Act was implemented on January 1, 2010, replacing the Howard Government’s ‘Work Choices’ Legislation.

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Unemployment – Roy Morgan Unemployment & Under-employment Estimates (2005-2023)