UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (11 October 2010).

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I have been advised that:

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey estimates at the regional level are volatile, largely due to the reduced sample size of the reduced area. For that reason, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations uses three-month moving averages, and I am quoting from those figures.

For the Southern Adelaide region, the unemployment rate as at September 2010 was 5.2 per cent, compared with 4.4 per cent in September 2009.

The Office for the Southern Suburbs does not maintain unemployment statistics but monitors the figures.