1367.2 - State and Regional Indicators, Victoria, Sep 2007  
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DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Between September 2006 and September 2007, the number of persons unemployed in the short term (for less than 13 weeks) decreased by 8.4% in the Melbourne MSR and increased by 11.0% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.


Over the same period, the number of medium term unemployed (13 to less than 52 weeks) increased by 7.2% in the Melbourne MSR but decreased by 28.3% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.


The number of long term unemployed (those unemployed for 52 weeks or more) fell by 2.7% in the Melbourne MSR and by 22.5% in the Balance of Victoria MSR in the year ended September 2007.

PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Melbourne
Graph: PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Melbourne

PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Balance of Victoria
Graph: PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Balance of Victoria



View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet (zipped): 1367.2 Table 2, Duration Of Unemployment, By Sex and Major Statistical Region (20 Kb) .



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