Definition: The Small Area Labour Markets (SALM) data has been compiled by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). SALM data incorporates three primary datasets:

1. Centrelink data on people in receipt of Newstart or Youth Allowance (Other), by postcode (not including people in receipt of the Community Development Employment Projects Participant Supplement)
2. ABS Labour Force Survey data at the ABS Labour Force Region level
3. 2006 Census of Population and Housing labour force data at the Statistical Local Area level.

The estimates presented have been smoothed by DEEWR using a four-quarter average to minimise the variability inherent in the estimates at the Statistical Local Area level.

Source: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Small Area Labour Markets (SALM), December Quarter 2012. (March 2013 data will be available in June 2013)