Unemployment in Melbourne – ‘social disaster’
UNEMPLOYMENT in some Melbourne suburbs is well over 20 per cent, leading a respected researcher to warn of a looming “social disaster”.
New federal estimates reveal that Broadmeadows has the highest jobless rate in Victoria with 26.4 per cent of people out of work, compared to 19 per cent a year ago.Unemployment in nearby Meadow Heights, Campbellfield and Coolaroo has hit almost 23 per cent, says the Employment Department’s Small Area Labour Markets report for the June quarter.Other suburbs with very high jobless rates include Dandenong (20.8 per cent) and Doveton (19.5 per cent).
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