DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Between June 2007 and June 2008, the number of persons unemployed in the short term (for less than 13 weeks) increased by 25.5% in the Melbourne MSR and by 7.4% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.
Over the same period, the number of medium term unemployed (13 to less than 52 weeks) decreased by 20.1% in the Melbourne MSR and increased by 10.5% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.
The number of long term unemployed (those unemployed for 52 weeks or more) decreased by 12.1% in the Melbourne MSR and by 48.2% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.
PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Melbourne
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PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Balance of Victoria
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Duration of Unemployment, By Sex and Major Statistical Region (file size 42kB).