1367.2 - State and Regional Indicators, Victoria, Mar 2008

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/05/2008

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DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Between March 2007 and March 2008, the number of persons unemployed in the short term (for less than 13 weeks) decreased by 10.3% in the Melbourne MSR and by 11.8% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.

Over the same period, the number of medium term unemployed (13 to less than 52 weeks) decreased by 25.3% in the Melbourne MSR and by 15.8% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.

The number of long term unemployed (those unemployed for 52 weeks or more) increased by 41.2% in the Melbourne MSR and fell by 8.1% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.

View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Table 10, Duration of Unemployment, By Sex and Major Statistical Region (file size 17kB).

View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Table 11, Unemployment Rate Estimates, By Local Government Area, Smoothed Series (file size 18kB).