Fall in local unemployment rate

Submitted 11/09/2011

Migration for Business Growth

 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in August 2011 decreased 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 per cent.

Statistics show the national unemployment rate for August increased 0.1 percentage point to 5.3 per cent.

Nationwide the participation rate remained at 65.6 per cent, while South Australia's participation rate decreased 0.5 per cent to 63.2 per cent.