Small Area Labour Markets - Australia
December quarter 2008
Prepared by the Economic, Labour Market and Education Analysis Branch, Research Analysis and Evaluation Group
[Due to the transition from the 2001 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) to the 2006 ASGC, there will be a significant delay on the release of the March quarter 2009 Small Area Labour Markets publication.]
Small Area Labour Markets - December Quarter 2008
Small Area Labour Markets - December Quarter 2008 (PDF 1.10MB)
Small Area Labour Markets presents estimates of the number of unemployed persons and unemployment rates for approximately 1350 Statistical Local Areas across Australia. It also provides estimates of the main labour market aggregates for the 19 DEEWR labour market regions.
Small Area Labour Markets in book form and as a data file
Small Area Labour Markets is also available
- in book form (free on request), which is a hardcopy version of the PDF file accessible above; and
- as a data file containing the SLA estimates in Table 3 and 4 of the PDF publication. The data file is available in Excel and comma separated values (CSV) formats and also includes SLA identifiers. The data files can be purchased as either an annual subscription or a one-off special data order.
For further information about either the book or data file formats of Small Area Labour Markets, email SALM.
Other sources of information
The Department also publishes the quarterly Australian Regional Labour Markets brochure which presents labour market information for the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Regions. This publication is available free on request by calling (02) 6121 3538.