Local unemployment follows national decline

Submitted 17/06/2010

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in March 2010 decreased 0.3 percentage points from the previous month's figure to 5.3 per cent.

Statistics show the national unemployment rate for May decreased 0.2 percentage points to 5.2 per cent.

Nationwide the participation rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 65.1 per cent, while South Australia's participation rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 63.2 per cent.