TABLES
1 Job Vacancies, States and territories |
|
 |  | Original | Seasonally Adjusted | Trend |
 |  | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Australia | Australia | Australia |
Job Vacancies ('000) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | August | 52.9 | 40.2 | 33.4 | 13.3 | 28.4 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 181.4 | 181.8 | 181.8 |
 | November | 50.1 | 46.0 | 37.4 | 16.6 | 30.3 | *2.6 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 193.7 | 193.1 | 188.3 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | February | 49.2 | 47.7 | 38.3 | 10.7 | 31.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 189.9 | 189.8 | 189.6 |
 | May | 47.3 | 40.8 | 41.6 | 10.4 | 28.0 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 181.0 | 181.2 | 186.1 |
 | August | 47.1 | 41.9 | 44.6 | 8.9 | 32.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 186.7 | 187.1 | 183.6 |
 | November | 49.0 | 38.1 | 43.4 | 8.6 | 32.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 181.6 | 181.0 | 182.2 |
CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER (%) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | August | 11.4 | 9.1 | 17.3 | -7.1 | 5.2 | 59.5 | 6.3 | 30.9 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 5.7 |
 | November | -5.3 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 24.5 | 6.8 | -1.4 | -10.5 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 3.6 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | February | -1.8 | 3.8 | 2.4 | -35.1 | 4.0 | -12.1 | -1.2 | -9.3 | -2.0 | -1.7 | 0.7 |
 | May | -4.0 | -14.6 | 8.6 | -3.4 | -11.0 | -1.0 | 10.3 | 4.0 | -4.7 | -4.5 | -1.9 |
 | August | -0.4 | 2.8 | 7.2 | -14.6 | 17.1 | 0.6 | -25.7 | -6.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
 | November | 4.0 | -9.1 | -2.5 | -2.7 | -1.1 | 11.7 | -17.3 | -19.6 | -2.7 | -3.3 | -0.8 |
CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR (%) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | November | 8.3 | 40.9 | 33.9 | 50.9 | 38.9 | 33.4 | 32.3 | 9.3 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 25.0 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | November | -2.3 | -17.1 | 16.1 | -48.0 | 7.1 | -2.2 | -33.0 | -28.9 | -6.3 | -6.3 | -3.2 |
|
| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
2 Job Vacancies, Private Sector - States and territories |
|
 |  | Original | Seasonally Adjusted | Trend |
 |  | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Australia | Australia | Australia |
VACANCIES ('000) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | August | 49.1 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 12.3 | 26.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | *4.9 | 163.8 | 163.8 | 164.6 |
 | November | 45.6 | 42.4 | 33.1 | 15.6 | 28.5 | *2.2 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 175.4 | 175.4 | 170.5 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | February | 45.1 | 44.1 | 34.3 | 9.7 | 29.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 172.0 | 172.0 | 171.7 |
 | May | 43.8 | 37.3 | 37.3 | 9.4 | 26.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 163.3 | 163.3 | 168.4 |
 | August | 44.0 | 39.2 | 39.9 | 8.0 | 30.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 166.1 |
 | November | 45.6 | 34.9 | 37.5 | 7.8 | 30.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 163.7 | 163.7 | 164.9 |
CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER (%) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | August | 12.0 | 8.8 | 13.4 | -8.9 | 4.7 | 74.5 | 5.4 | 44.7 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.9 |
 | November | -7.0 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 26.5 | 7.4 | 10.2 | -21.0 | 11.5 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 3.5 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | February | -1.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | -38.2 | 5.1 | -20.1 | 8.9 | -17.3 | -1.9 | -1.9 | 0.7 |
 | May | -3.0 | -15.4 | 8.8 | -3.1 | -13.2 | 8.8 | 17.5 | 0.9 | -5.1 | -5.1 | -1.9 |
 | August | 0.4 | 5.0 | 7.0 | -14.8 | 17.5 | 1.8 | -27.3 | -8.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | -1.4 |
 | November | 3.7 | -10.9 | -6.1 | -2.2 | 0.2 | 17.3 | -23.2 | -22.6 | -3.7 | -3.7 | -0.7 |
CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR (%) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | November | 9.0 | 45.7 | 34.3 | 51.3 | 44.1 | 46.2 | 27.8 | 15.2 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 26.6 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | November | -0.1 | -17.7 | 13.2 | -50.0 | 7.4 | 3.7 | -28.6 | -40.7 | -6.7 | -6.7 | -3.3 |
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| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
3 Job Vacancies, Public sector - States and territories |
|
 |  | Original | Seasonally Adjusted | Trend |
 |  | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Australia | Australia | Australia |
VACANCIES ('000) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | August | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 17.6 | 18.0 | 17.1 |
 | November | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | February | 4.1 | *3.6 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 18.0 |
 | May | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 17.7 |
 | August | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 17.4 |
 | November | 3.4 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER (%) |
|
| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | August | 3.4 | 13.8 | 48.9 | 23.8 | 13.9 | 25.3 | 8.3 | -4.4 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 3.3 |
 | November | 17.0 | 14.5 | -7.5 | -1.3 | -1.3 | -38.3 | 15.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | -1.4 | 3.9 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | February | -8.9 | 2.6 | -6.4 | 14.7 | -13.6 | 33.5 | -18.1 | 23.4 | -2.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
 | May | -14.9 | -5.1 | 6.2 | -5.7 | 29.2 | -34.0 | -5.4 | 12.4 | -1.0 | 0.6 | -1.8 |
 | August | -10.1 | -21.2 | 8.4 | -13.6 | 11.9 | -6.3 | -21.3 | -1.2 | -5.1 | -4.1 | -1.2 |
 | November | 7.9 | 16.8 | 28.6 | -7.7 | -18.5 | -22.2 | -2.1 | -12.7 | 7.2 | 1.0 | -1.2 |
CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR (%) |
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| 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | November | 1.7 | 0.9 | 31.4 | 44.8 | -10.5 | -10.9 | 40.5 | -9.6 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 11.5 |
| 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | November | -24.8 | -10.3 | 38.6 | -13.7 | 1.8 | -35.8 | -40.4 | 19.8 | -2.1 | -2.3 | -3.1 |
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| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
4 Job Vacancies, Industry - Original |
|
 | 2010 | 2011 |
 | August | November | February | May | August | November |
 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 |
|
| Mining | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.3 |
| Manufacturing | 14.0 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Electricity, gas, water and waste services | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Construction | 13.5 | 12.0 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 23.9 | 13.7 |
| Wholesale trade | *9.7 | 9.6 | 12.1 | *12.8 | 14.6 | 9.8 |
| Retail trade | 16.1 | 20.5 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 16.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 13.7 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 18.8 |
| Transport, postal and warehousing | *6.7 | *9.5 | *7.6 | *5.5 | *6.9 | *11.2 |
| Information media and telecommunications | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | *2.5 |
| Financial and insurance services | 11.9 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| Rental, hiring and real estate services | 3.2 | *4.5 | 3.7 | *3.2 | *2.7 | *3.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 15.8 | 18.6 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 21.8 | 22.8 |
| Administrative and support services | 27.7 | 31.8 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 19.5 |
| Public administration and safety | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 8.8 |
| Education and training | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 19.7 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 13.2 |
| Arts and recreation services | 2.1 | *3.2 | *1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Other services | *4.7 | *5.9 | *4.8 | *4.5 | *5.3 | *5.4 |
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| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
This page last updated 28 March 2012