Graph 3  6  BIS Review 119/2010  Graph 4  Graph 5  In the case of unemployment rates, a fair bit of disaggregated data is available. Graph 6 below shows the national unemployment rate and the range across the statistical regions measured by the ABS for which there are reasonably reliable continuous time series.
1 If we  1  In general, the most disaggregated data available have been used. However, the “Northern, Far West-North Western and Central West” statistical region in NSW has not been disaggregated, as there have been instances in the past when the ABS did not publish data for one of its sub-regions.