Unemployed Numbers in Australia during 2019-20
The COVID-19 coronavirus was responsible for a massive increase in unemployment, which reached over 1 million in July 2020.
The July 2020 unemployed figure was almost 300,000 higher than the 712,900 unemployed a year earlier in July 2019. An increase of 41.5%.
In October 2020 the number unemployed is still 32.3% higher than 12 months earlier in October 2019.
Seasonally Adjusted unemployment numbers
Oct 2020 – 960,900
Sep 2020 – 937,400
Aug 2020 – 921,800
Jul 2020 – 1,009,400
Jun 2020 – 992,300
May 2020 – 927,600
Apr 2020 – 823,300
Mar 2020 – 718,600
Feb 2020 – 699,100
Jan 2020 – 725,900
Dec 2019 – 693,100
Nov 2019 – 708,100
Oct 2019 – 726,100
Sep 2019 – 709,600
Aug 2019 – 716,800
Jul 2019 – 712,900