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Department of the Parhamentary Library Atlas ofUnemployment ,..' i rl ,~ /N!* .< ~ " ~. ~ , ISSN 1037-2938 Copyright Commonwealth ofAuatralia 1992 Except to the extent ofthe uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part ofthis publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including information storage and retrieval system, with the prior written consent of the Department of the Parliamentary Library. other than by Members of the Australian Parliament in the course oftheir official duties. Publishedby the Depanment ofthe Parliamentary Library, 1992 Department ofthe Parliamentary Library Parliamentary Research Service Background Paper Number 7 1992 Atlas ofUnemployment Andrew Kopras Tony Kryger Telephone: 06 2772483 062772486 Facsimile: 062732711 24 June 1992 This paper has been prepared for general distribution to Members of the Australian Parliament. Readers outside the Parliament are reminded that this is not an Australian Government policy document, but a paper prepared by the author and published by the Parliamentary Research Service to contribute to consideration of the issues by Senators and Members. The views expressed in the paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Research Service and are not to be attributed to the Department ofthe Parliamentary Library. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Maps -Unemployment Rate, December Qtr 1991 Sydney 2 New South Wales (excluding Sydney) 3 Melbourne 4 Victoria (excluding Melbourne) 5 Brisbane 6 Queensland (excluding Brisbane) 7 South Australia 8 Western Australia 9 Tasmania 10 Northern Territory 11 Maps -Increase in Unemployment, June Qtr 1990 to December Qtr 1991 Sydney 12 New South Wales (excluding Sydney) 13 Melbourne 14 Victoria (excluding Melbourne) 15 Brisbane 16 Queensland (excluding Brisbane) 17 South Australia 18 Western Australia 19 Tasmania 20 Northern Territory 21 Tables -Unemployment Estimates New South Wales 22 Victoria 29 Queensland 36 South Australia 45 Western Australia 49 Tasmania 54 Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory 56 References 57 ATLAS OF UNEMPLOYMENT Introduction In December Quarter 1991, the unemployment rate for Australia was 9.5 per cent, the highest since the 1982-83 recession and one of the highest rates since 1 the Great Depression of 1929-33 , when the unemployment rate in Australia 2 climbed to 19.7 per cent • The burden of unemployment, however, does not fall evenly across all geographic areas of Australia. For example, in the December Quarter 1991, Ku-ring-gai (NSW) had an unemployment rate of 2.5 per cent whereas in Elizabeth (SA) it was as high as 23.8 per cent (which exceeds the unemployment rate reached by Australia during the Depression). 3 The purpose of this paper is to show, in map form , how unemployment is distributed acrossAustralia. This is done in 2 ways: • by mapping the unemployment rate in the December Quarter 1991 of each Local Government Area (LGA) in Australia; and • by mapping the percentage growth in the number of unemployed persons in the 18 months to December Quarter 1991 4 in each LGA in Australia. The unemployment estimates on which these maps are based are those produced by the Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) and which appear in its quarterly publication entitled Small Area Labour Markets - Australia. The DEET estimates of unemployed persons and unemployment rates for LGAs are derived from ABS Labour Force Survey results which are published monthly for 60 geographical regions in Australia. The DEET estimates are generated using a technique based on the Structure Preserving Estimation methodology developed initially by Purcell and Kish (1979) and investigated further at the Australian Bureau of Statistics by Feeney (1985). lIn the 3 months to March 1992, the unemployment rate for Australia rose to 11.3 per cent, making this the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression. 2Vamplew, Wray (cd.). Australians -flistorical Statistics. Broadway: Fairfax, Syme and Weldon Associates, 1987:152. 3Legend values for each map have been selected so that approximately 25 per cent of all Local Government Areas (on an Australia-wide basis) fall within each of the specified range ofvalues. 4 A comparison over the 12 months to December Quarter 1991 would have been preferred, but the necessary data were unavailable. 2 Atlas of Unemployment UneItlploYItlent Rate - DeceItlber Quarter 1991 Sydney LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.0% to 11.4% 11.5% and over Atlas of Unemployment 3 UnelIlploYlIlent Rate - DecelIlber Quarter 1991 New South Wales (excluding Sydney) LEGEND I I Under 6.5% f· I 6.50/0 to 8.90/0 [,cLl.; '.:] 9.0% to 11.4% f&Vn,.. ,' ew er=w 11.5% and over 4 Atlas of Unemployment Une:rnploy:rnent Rate - Dece:rnber Quarter 1991 Melbourne LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.5% to 8.9% 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over Atlas of Unemployment 5 UneUlploYUlent Rate - DeceUlber Quarter 1991 Victoria (excluding Melbourne) LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over 6 Atlas of Unemployment Unem.ploym.ent Rate - Decem.ber Quarter 1991 Brisbane LEGEND Under 6.50/0 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over Atlas of Unemployment 7 UneUlploYUlent Rate - DeceUlber Quarter 1991 Queensland (excluding Brisbane) .- ,0"', ,'" ..:0. LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over 8 Atlas of Unemployment UnelllploYlllent Rate - Decelllber Quarter 1991 South Australia LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.50/0 to 8.9% 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over Atlas of Unemployment 9 UneInploYInent Rate - DeceInber Quarter 1991 Western Australia ~ Perth Inset o LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over 10 Atlas of Unemployment Une:rnploy:rnent Rate - Dece:rnber Quarter 1991 Tas:rnania d ~\;i = ! '""9..l LEGEND Under 6.5% 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over Atlas of Unemployment 11 UnelllploYlllent Rate - Decelllber Quarter 1991 Northern Territory LEGEND Under 6.50/0 6.5% to 8.90/0 9.00/0 to 11.4% 11.5% and over 12 Atlas of Unemployment Increase in Une:mployJllent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Sydney LEGEND Under 20.00/0 20.0% to 44.90/0 45.0% to 84.90/0 85.0% and over Atlas of Unemployment 13 Increase in UneIllploynlent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 NeW" South Wales (excluding Sydney) 0)~ , LEGEND II Under 20.00/0 r :1 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 ••j#tJtI\:,~ 46.0% to 84.9% ~tri'W'~f~":it»?,? 85.00/0 and over 14 Atlas of Unemployment Increase in UnemploYJIlent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Melbourne LEGEND II Under 20.00/0 ti~j 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 _If'i~ 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 ii" ·N.id\:::,~,~\,::;:,:",·,§1 85.00/0 and over Atlas of Unemployment 15 Increase in Unemployment - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Victoria (excluding Melbourne) ~.;;• LEGEND Under 20.00/0 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 85.00/0 and over 16 Atlas of Unemployment Increase in UnemploYJIlent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Brisbane LEGEND Under 20.00/0 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 85.00/0 and over Atlas of Unemployment 17 Increase in Unemploym.ent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Queensland (excluding Brisbane) LEGEND II Under 20.00/0 ·im!i:,~i:::, t·····i··"li!§« ;*::>". 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 ... 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 85.0% and over 18 Atlas of Unemployment Increase in Unemploylllent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 South Australia LEGEND Under 20.00/0 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 45.0% to 84.90/0 85.0% and over Atlas of Unemployment 19 Increase in Unel1lployn1ent - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Western Australia ~ Perth Inset () LEGEND Under 20.00/0 20.00/0 to 44.9% 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 85.00/0 and over 20 Atlas of Unemployment Increase in Unemployment - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Tasmania • k;J. '" '" ! •• .".~ LEGEND Under 20.00/0 20.00/0 to 44.90/0 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 85.00/0 and over Atlas of Unemployment 21 Increase in Unemployment - Jun Qtr 1990 to Dec Qtr 1991 Northern Territory .. //... ~ .. ~£ , LEGEND II Under 20,00/0 L ,-:J 20,00/0 to 44,90/0 m:1.·£NiiiW£ P..,.Wi i 45.00/0 to 84.90/0 r~ffl '"7;': ··c 85.00/0 and over 22 Atlas of Unemployment Unemployment Estimates New South Wales Unemployed Persons Unemployment Rate(%) Jun Q 90 Dec Q 91 % change Dec Q 91 REGION: INNER SYDNEY Botany (M) 572 1045 82.7 6.4 Leichhardt (M) 1335 2331 74.6 7.2 Marrickville (M) 3056 4583 50.0 11.3 South Sydney (C) .. 4326 .. 11.2 Sydney (C) 3836 1015 -73.5 19.7 REGION TOTAL 8799 13300 51.2 10.0 REGION: INNER WESTERN SYDNEY Ashfield (M) 1601 2389 49.2 11.8 Burwood(M) 843 1210 43.5 9.0 Concord (M) 482 732 51.9 6.6 Drummoyne (M) 662 1021 54.2 6.3 Strathfield (M) 714 1048 46.8 8.5 REGION TOTAL 4302 6400 48.8 8.7 REGION: EASTERN SUBURBS Randwick (M) 1718 3929 128.7 6.8 Waverley (M) 1481 2854 92.7 8.9 Woollahra (M) 801 1417 76.9 5.2 REGION TOTAL 4000 8200 105.0 7.0 REGION: ST GEORGE-SUTHERLAND Hurstville (C) 1432 2695 88.2 7.4 Kogarah (M) 1027 1846 79.7 7.1 Rockdale (M) 2257 4490 98.9 9.6 Sutherland (S) 2284 5269 130.7 4.9 REGION TOTAL 7000 14300 104.3 6.6 REGION: CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN Bankstown (C) 5471 9488 73.4 11.7 Canterbury (M) 5529 8912 61.2 12.9 REGION TOTAL 11000 18400 67.3 12.3 REGION: FAIRFIELD-LIVERPOOL Fairfield (C) 10018 15609 55.8 18.9 Liverpool (C) 3982 6791 70.5 13.9 REGION TOTAL 14000 22400 60.0 17.0 Atlas ofUnemployment 23 Unemployment Estimates New South Wales (continued) Unemployed Persons Unemployment Rate(%) JunQ90 Dec Q 91 % change Dec Q 91 REGION: OUTER SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY Camden(M) 342 571 67.0 4.8 CampbeIItown (C) 3790 5838 54.0 8.2 WoIIondiIIy (S) 468 791 69.0 5.2 REGION TOTAL 4600 7200 56.5 7.3 REGION: CENTRAL WESTERN SYDNEY Auburn(M) 2936 4726 61.0 19.8 Holroyd(M)