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
PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Balance of Victoria
![Graph: PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, Balance of Victoria](/ausstats/abs@.NSF/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/46edaf63acf598fdca2573a000111c6b/Body/0.457A!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
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Duration Of Unemployment, By Sex and Major Statistical Region (20 Kb) .