% of youth labour force - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's youth unemployment rate (15–24) was 10.2% as of February 2026, and the trend is broadly stable. Unemployment rate for young Australians aged 15 to 24. Typically much higher than the headline rate, currently around 9% versus the overall 4%. Youth unemployment is a leading indicator of long-term disadvantage. Prolonged joblessness early in life permanently scars career prospects and earnings. Data is sourced from ABS Labour Force Survey (Cat. 6202.0) — age breakdown and updated monthly.
Unemployment rate for young Australians aged 15 to 24. Typically much higher than the headline rate, currently around 9% versus the overall 4%.
Youth unemployment is a leading indicator of long-term disadvantage. Prolonged joblessness early in life permanently scars career prospects and earnings.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Labour Force Survey (Cat. 6202.0) — age breakdown), 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.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
