'000 persons - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's long-term unemployment was 167.7 '000 persons as of September 2026. People unemployed for 52 weeks or more, in thousands of persons, seasonally adjusted (ABS Labour Force Table 025). Long-term unemployment is far harder to recover from than a short spell, and it hides inside the headline unemployment rate. Data is sourced from ABS Labour Force Survey Cat. 6202.0, Table 025 (long-term unemployed, persons, seasonally adjusted) and updated monthly.
People unemployed for 52 weeks or more, in thousands of persons, seasonally adjusted (ABS Labour Force Table 025).
Long-term unemployment is far harder to recover from than a short spell, and it hides inside the headline unemployment rate.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey Cat. 6202.0, Table 025 (long-term 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 (long-term 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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Detail behind this metric. These are not counted in the national scores.
