% of unemployed - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Supporting data for Long-Term Unemployment. It adds detail to that headline metric and is not counted in the national scores.
Australia's long-term unemployment share was 22.9% as of September 2026. Long-term unemployed people as a share of all unemployed people, derived from ABS Labour Force Table 025. The share says whether unemployment is short churn or entrenched disadvantage, which matters more than the level alone. Data is sourced from ABS Labour Force Survey Cat. 6202.0, Table 025 - derived share of unemployed persons, seasonally adjusted and updated monthly.
Long-term unemployed people as a share of all unemployed people, derived from ABS Labour Force Table 025.
The share says whether unemployment is short churn or entrenched disadvantage, which matters more than the level alone.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey Cat. 6202.0, Table 025 - derived share of unemployed persons, seasonally adjusted
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Labour Force Survey Cat. 6202.0, Table 025 - derived share of unemployed persons, seasonally adjusted), updated monthly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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