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SA unemployment bounces up

South Australia has reclaimed its unwanted mantle as the standalone worst state for unemployment, with the jobless rate bouncing up in November.

Dec 15, 2016, updated Dec 15, 2016
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Australian Bureau of Statistics data released today showed the seasonally adjusted rate climbed 0.5 percentage points last month to hit 7.0 per cent.

It was the largest increase in the jobless rate of any of the states. The more stable trend rate was steady on 6.7 per cent.

The picture behind the headline rate was mixed for South Australia.

The participation rate – the proportion of people in the job market – increased over the past quarter, while the underemployment rate decreased.

South Australia also had among the strongest increases in employment.

Nationally, the unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage points to 5.7 per cent.

In the past 12 months, trend employment grew by 87,300 or 0.7 per cent – less than half the size of average year-on-year growth over the past 20 years.

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