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Australia Unemployment Rate Planned 2026-10-15 11:30 Australia/Sydney: data, chart, and analysis

Australia Unemployment Rate came in at 4.7 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with 4.6 previously. See the full release history, chart, Reserve Bank of Australia context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
4.7
Previous
4.6
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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Australia Unemployment Rate release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Australia Unemployment Rate chart through 2026-09-30
AUD Unemployment Rate readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 4.7.

Unemployment Rate release read

Australia Unemployment Rate came in at 4.7 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with 4.6 previously. See the full release history, chart, Reserve Bank of Australia context, and API access for this series.

The parent Unemployment Rate page shows the full time series for Australia. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For AUD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
4,351 ms

of publication

On FXMacroData at

15 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

15 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 15 Oct 2026
14,866 ms after the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 4,351 ms of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 4,351 ms after it was published.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID aud_unemployment_2026-10-15
API announcement ID aud_unemployment_2026-09-30
Release time
Planned 2026-10-15 00:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 4.7
Previous value 4.6
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1792024200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Australia Unemployment Rate history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

Analysis and guides connected to Australia Unemployment Rate.

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More Australia Unemployment Rate releases

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Older release

2026-09-24 11:30 Australia/Sydney · 4.6

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Average Weekly Earnings / Wages

Measures nominal wage growth.

Employment Level

Total number of employed persons.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Australia Unemployment Rate.

What did Australia Unemployment Rate come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Australia Unemployment Rate was 4.7% in September 2026. The previous reading was 4.6%.

When was this Australia Unemployment Rate release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 15, 2026 at 11:30 Australia/Sydney. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next Australia Unemployment Rate release?

The next Australia Unemployment Rate release is scheduled for Nov 19, 2026.

What is the official source for Australia Unemployment Rate?

ABS publishes the official Unemployment Rate series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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    },
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}