"Figure 10: Unemployment rate (%) by age group (Quarter 1 2008 to Quarter 3 2016)","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Seasonally adjusted. 2. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (January to March), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (April to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to September) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (October to December). " "Unit","%" "","" "Quarter"," all aged 16 and Over ","16 to 17","18 to 24","25 to 49","50 and over " "Q1 2008","5.2","24.2","12.2","3.9","2.8" "Q2 2008","5.4","26.1","12.6","4.0","2.9" "Q3 2008","5.9","26.5","13.7","4.4","3.3" "Q4 2008","6.4","28.2","14.6","4.9","3.8" "Q1 2009","7.1","29.2","16.3","5.5","4.2" "Q2 2009","7.8","32.3","17.4","6.3","4.5" "Q3 2009","7.8","33.7","18.0","6.3","4.5" "Q4 2009","7.8","33.0","17.5","6.2","4.7" "Q1 2010","8.0","34.8","18.1","6.5","4.6" "Q2 2010","7.9","33.7","17.9","6.3","4.6" "Q3 2010","7.8","34.0","17.3","6.3","4.6" "Q4 2010","7.9","37.5","18.2","6.2","4.5" "Q1 2011","7.8","37.2","17.9","6.2","4.6" "Q2 2011","7.9","37.0","18.4","6.4","4.5" "Q3 2011","8.3","40.1","19.8","6.5","4.8" "Q4 2011","8.4","37.5","20.1","6.5","5.0" "Q1 2012","8.2","37.2","19.9","6.4","4.8" "Q2 2012","8.0","36.4","19.6","6.2","4.5" "Q3 2012","7.9","35.3","19.0","6.2","4.5" "Q4 2012","7.8","37.8","18.8","6.1","4.5" "Q1 2013","7.8","37.4","18.7","6.2","4.5" "Q2 2013","7.7","37.7","19.3","5.9","4.6" "Q3 2013","7.6","36.6","19.2","5.8","4.4" "Q4 2013","7.2","36.7","18.0","5.5","4.3" "Q1 2014","6.8","35.9","16.7","5.2","4.1" "Q2 2014","6.3","33.8","14.7","4.9","3.9" "Q3 2014","6.0","32.9","14.4","4.7","3.6" "Q4 2014","5.7","31.3","14.5","4.3","3.4" "Q1 2015","5.6","29.5","14.2","4.2","3.2" "Q2 2015","5.6","29.0","14.1","4.3","3.3" "Q3 2015","5.3","26.5","12.5","4.1","3.3" "Q4 2015","5.1","26.5","12.0","4.0","3.2" "Q1 2016","5.1","25.8","12.2","3.8","3.5" "Q2 2016","4.9","28.9","11.8","3.7","3.1" "Q3 2016","4.8","26.0","11.7","3.7","3.1"