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Parts of Victoria and Queensland are leading the charge for new jobs being created, figures show.Analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics labour data show Melbourne and south-east Queensland had the greatest increase in employment in the year to August.The statistical area of West Melbourne had the largest growth in the 12-month period at 5.5 per cent, followed by inner Melbourne at 5.4 per cent.Ipswich, west of Brisbane, was next on the list, growing by 5.
Sydney’s northern beaches and Sutherland Shire had the lowest unemployment rates for the same year to August, coming in at 2.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively.The areas had an unemployment rate nearly two percentage points lower than the national figure of 4.1 per cent for August.Warrnambool in Victoria, inner Perth and Sydney’s eastern suburbs rounded out the top five for the lowest unemployment rate, all at 2.7 per cent.
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