The Dept of Social Services data for Newstart and Youth Allownace recipients in July, released yesterday, has allowed us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend series for the SA4 regions of Cairns and Townsville. What we see is a continued decline in Trend jobseeker numbers in both regions.
Across the State as a whole the Conus Trend estimates that jobseekers have fallen by 7.5% y/y, althougth this lags the 9.0% reduction seen nationwide. Greater Brisbane (down 7.4%) and the Rest of Queensland (down 7.5%) have seen very similar levels of reductions.
In our own region the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend shows Cairns trend jobseekers down 8.9% (to 8,139) in July while Townsville fell 6.0% (to 7,027).
The full Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend data-set for Cairns and Townsville can be downloaded below. Please feel free to use this data but kindly acknowledge Conus/CBC Staff Selection when you do so. Further details on the Conus Jobseeker Trend for all the Queensland SA4 regions is available on request by contacting Pete Faulkner.
Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend Cairns & Townsville – July 2019