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Roy Morgan Unemployment & Under-employment Estimates (2005-2022)


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
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
*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.