LABOUR MARKET SUMMARY
KEY MEASURES
 | | | | | | % change from |
| Measure | Series type | Period | Current figure | Previous qtr(a) | Previous year(b) |
|
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 11 044.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| Full-time | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 7 754.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Part-time | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 3 290.2 | -0.1 | 4.1 |
| Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment | % | Trend | May 10 | 29.8 | (c)-0.2 | (c)0.5 |
| Employment to population ratio | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | May 10 | 61.7 | (c)0.0 | (c)0.1 |
| Males | % | Trend | May 10 | 68.4 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.5 |
| Females | % | Trend | May 10 | 55.2 | (c)0.0 | (c)-0.3 |
| Unemployed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 610.4 | -1.5 | -6.6 |
| Looking for full-time work | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 438.6 | -2.0 | -9.0 |
| Looking for part-time work | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 171.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| Unemployment rate | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | May 10 | 5.2 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.5 |
| Long-term unemployment | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | May 10 | 110.0 | 0.9 | 20.4 |
| As a proportion of total unemployment | % | Trend | May 10 | 18.0 | (c)0.4 | (c)4.1 |
| Long-term unemployment rate | % | Trend | May 10 | 0.9 | (c)0.8 | (c)0.8 |
| Quarterly labour underutilisation rates | | | | | | |
| Unemployment rate(d) | % | Trend | May 10 | 5.2 | (c)-0.2 | (c)-0.5 |
| Underemployment rate | % | Trend | May 10 | 7.2 | (c)-0.3 | (c)-0.5 |
| Labour force underutilisation rate | % | Trend | May 10 | 12.3 | (c)-0.5 | (c)-1.1 |
| Children living without an employed parent(e) | % | Original | Jun 09 | 15.1 | (c)0.0 | (c)2.6 |
| Labour force participation rate | | | | | | |
| Persons aged 15-64 years | % | Trend | May 10 | 76.1 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.3 |
| Total | % | Trend | May 10 | 65.1 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.2 |
| Aggregate monthly hours | | | | | | |
| Persons | mill. hours | Trend | May 10 | 1 553.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Actual hours worked | | | | | | |
| Average weekly hours - Persons | hours | Original | May 10 | 34.2 | -0.3 | 1.5 |
| Average weekly hours - Full-time | hours | Original | May 10 | 41.5 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
| Average weekly hours - Part-time | hours | Original | May 10 | 17.0 | -0.1 | 2.6 |
| Part-time workers | | | | | | |
| Proportion who preferred to work more hours | % | Original | May 10 | 24.5 | (c)-2.8 | (c)-2.1 |
| Wage price index | | | | | | |
| Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | Trend | Mar qtr 2010 | 103.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Average weekly earnings | | | | | | |
| Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | $ | Trend | Feb 10 | 1 243.10 | 1.5 | 5.9 |
| All employees total earnings | $ | Trend | Feb 10 | 969.40 | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| Industrial disputes | | | | | | |
| Working days lost | '000 | Original | Mar qtr 2010 | 28.8 | -35.5 | 148.6 |
| Working days lost per 1,000 employees | number | Original | Mar qtr 2010 | 3.0 | -36.3 | 143.8 |
| Job vacancies(f) | | | | | | |
| Australia | '000 | Original | May 10 | 164.7 | -2.6 | na |
|
| na not available |
| (a) Same period previous quarter (monthly data is presented for the middle month of each quarter). |
| (b) Same period previous year. |
| (c) Change is in percentage points. |
| (d) The quarterly unemployment rate is compiled using data collected in the quarter months and may differ slightly from the official monthly unemployment rate. |
| (e) As a proportion of all children aged under 15 years. See the Explanatory Notes for information on family data. |
| (f) As a result of the Job Vacancy Survey being suspended, no original estimates were produced for five quarters between August 2008 and August 2009 inclusive. The ABS cannot produce reliable estimates by collecting this missing data retrospectively. As a consequence, both seasonally adjusted and trend estimates cannot be produced for the five quarters. |
EMPLOYMENT: TREND SERIES
Full-time and total employment
Males and females
PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT: TREND SERIES
Proportion of total employment, Males
Proportion of total employment, Females
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: TREND SERIES
Males and females
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT: TREND SERIES
Proportion of total unemployment
UNDERUTILISED LABOUR: TREND SERIES
Labour force underutilisation rates
PARTICIPATION RATE: TREND SERIES
Persons
Males
Females
WAGE PRICE INDEX: TREND SERIES
Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses, Quarterly change
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS: TREND SERIES
Full time adult ordinary time earnings, Level
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: ORIGINAL SERIES
Working Days Lost, Quarter ending
This page last updated 7 October 2010
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