Unemployment rises in WA
Issue Date: - Thursday, 9 April 2009
The number of people out of work in Western Australia has risen for the sixth month in a row.
Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this morning put WA's jobless rate in March at 4.9% seasonally adjusted, a 0.8 of a percentage point rise on the February figure of 4.1% seasonally adjusted.
Nationally unemployment rose from 5.2 % to 5.7 % seasonally adjusted.
In Western Australia youth unemployment rose sharply from 10.5% to 18.3% seasonally adjusted.
The number of people out of work in Western Australia has been rising since the September 2008.
In March there were 1,166,800 people in work in Western Australia seasonally adjusted.