Local unemployment remains below national average

Submitted 19/01/2010

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in December 2009 decreased 0.2 percentage points from the previous month's figure to 5.3 per cent.

Statistics show the national unemployment rate for December decreased 0.1 percentage point to 5.5 per cent.

Nationwide the participation rate remained at 65.2 per cent, while South Australia's participation rate decreased from 63.2 per cent to 62.9 per cent.