Small Area Labour Markets Data
› September Quarter 2007
This data is useful as an indicator of economic disadvantage
(unemployment rates). It can also be used to examine labour market behaviour
in more detail – for example, it can be used to calculate the unemployment
rate which would have been experienced by an area if it had an average
labour market participation rate. The artificial lowering of unemployment
rates during economic downturns by discouraged job seekers dropping out
of the labour market, or the indicators provided by unusually high labour
market participation rates, are often overlooked in usage of labour market
data.
