Australian economists are expecting flat, but sufficient jobs growth numbers, on Thursday after a run of surprisingly higher than expected growth months.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release September's unemployment data at 11.30am. Slightly more than 14,000 additional new jobs are needed if Australia is going to maintain its current rate of 6.2 per cent unemployment. Analysts have a consensus view of 9600 new jobs, which would keep the employment rate on track after several surprisingly positive months.