Parramatta. Marginal rise in unemployment

The latest ABS figures show that the unemployment rate in the June quarter 2008 was 3.8 compared to 4.2 per cent for the metropolitan area. The figure was marginally up from 3.7 per cent in the previous quarter. The figure for the June quarter 2007 was 4.2 per cent. Blacktown-south west, with 13.3 per cent, recorded the highest unemployment rate in the metropolitan area. The Blacktown-south west figure has been rising steadily from 10.9 per cent in the June quarter 2007.