% of labour force - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's unemployment rate was 4.4% as of May 2026. The percentage of people who are actively looking for work but cannot find it. High unemployment means people are unable to support themselves and their families. It reduces consumer spending and government revenue. Data is sourced from ABS Labour Force Survey (Cat. 6202.0) and updated monthly.
The percentage of people who are actively looking for work but cannot find it.
High unemployment means people are unable to support themselves and their families. It reduces consumer spending and government revenue.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Labour Force Survey (Cat. 6202.0)), updated monthly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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