Local unemployment falls below national rate

Submitted 17/08/2010

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in July 2010 decreased 0.3 precentage points from the previous month's figure to 5.1 per cent.

Statistics show the national unemployment rate for July increased 0.2 percentage points to 5.3 per cent.

Nationwide the participation rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 65.5 per cent, while South Australia's participation rate increased 0.1 percentage point to 63.4 per cent.