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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 October 2025

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 October 2025: 4.5% for September 2025, above the 4.3% forecast and against 4.3% in August 2025 (first reported as 4.2%). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 2 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Oct 2025 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
4.5%
September 2025
Forecast
4.3%
The market consensus
Previous
4.3%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear rise above forecast can weaken the Australian dollar as it signals labour-market slack and may bring rate cuts closer.

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 October 2025: 4.5% for September 2025 against a 4.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Australia Unemployment Rate 16 October 2025: 4.5% vs 4.3% forecast (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/au-unemployment/2025-10-16

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Oct 2025Sep4.5%4.3%4.3%
18 Sep 2025Aug4.2%4.2%4.2%
14 Aug 2025Jul4.2%4.2%4.3%
17 Jul 2025Jun4.3%4.1%4.1%
19 Jun 2025May4.1%4.1%4.1%
15 May 2025Apr4.1%4.1%4.1%
17 Apr 2025Mar4.1%4.2%4.0%
20 Mar 2025Feb4.1%4.1%4.1%
20 Feb 2025Jan4.1%4.1%4%
16 Jan 2025Dec4%4%3.9%
12 Dec 2024Nov3.9%4.2%4.1%
14 Nov 2024Oct4.1%4.1%4.1%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 18 September 2025The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 13 November 2025Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar