Unemployment rate during each mayor's tenure
16 mayors, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office, next to the state over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs state | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Lisa Scaffidi | Perth | 20 Oct 2007 – 2 Mar 2018 | +3.1 pp Sep 2007 → Feb 2018 | +0.2 pp state +2.9 pp | +0.3 pp/yr | |
| 2 | N Allan Sutherland | Moreton Bay | 15 Mar 2008 – 28 Mar 2020 | +2.8 pp Feb 2008 → Feb 2020 | +0.7 pp state +2.1 pp | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 3 | N Josh Gilligan | Wyndham | 1 Nov 2019 – 1 Nov 2020 | +2.4 pp Oct 2019 → Oct 2020 | +0.3 pp state +2.1 pp | +2.4 pp/yr | |
| 4 | N Pam Parker | Logan | 15 Mar 2008 – 19 Mar 2016 | +2.4 pp Feb 2008 → Feb 2016 | +0.0 pp state +2.3 pp | +0.3 pp/yr | |
| 5 | N Robert Doyle | Melbourne | 1 Dec 2008 – 4 Feb 2018 | +1.7 pp Nov 2008 → Jan 2018 | +0.1 pp state +1.5 pp | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 6 | N Damon Thomas | Hobart | 25 Oct 2011 – 5 Nov 2014 | +1.6 pp Sep 2011 → Oct 2014 | −0.4 pp state +2.0 pp | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 7 | N Geoff Ablett | Casey | 1 Nov 2008 – 30 Nov 2009 | +1.5 pp Oct 2008 → Oct 2009 | +0.1 pp state +1.4 pp | +1.5 pp/yr | |
| 8 | N Shane Bourke | Wyndham | 1 Nov 2008 – 1 Nov 2009 | +1.5 pp Oct 2008 → Oct 2009 | +0.1 pp state +1.4 pp | +1.5 pp/yr | |
| 9 | N Ron Mantel | Casey | 1 Nov 2000 – 1 Nov 2001 | +1.2 pp Oct 2000 → Oct 2001 | +0.4 pp state +0.8 pp | +1.2 pp/yr | |
| 10 | N Henry Barlow | Wyndham | 1 Nov 2000 – 1 Nov 2001 | +1.2 pp Oct 2000 → Oct 2001 | +0.4 pp state +0.8 pp | +1.2 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 95 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); the state is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force · ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed (6291.0.55.001, table 2), the Greater Capital City, a three-month average of the original estimates · capital-city area data · as of Apr 2026.