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Key Indicators

Population clock 25,419,983 Consumer price index 1.3% March quarter 2019 Gross domestic product 0.4% Quarterly change Mar 2019 Average weekly earnings $1,604.90 November 2018 Unemployment rate 5.2% June 2019

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Latest releases

Thursday 18 July 2019
66 per cent of people participating in the labour market
Labour Force, Australia
Wednesday 17 July 2019
More households renting as home ownership falls
Housing Occupancy and Costs
Wednesday 17 July 2019
Study provides new insights into suicide and drug deaths
Research Paper: Psychosocial risk factors as they relate to coroner-referred deaths in Australia
Friday 12 July 2019
Inequality stable since 2013–14
Household Income and Wealth, Australia
Friday 12 July 2019
Chinese visitor arrivals down 1.2% from a year ago
Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 to 2031 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations Latest from the ABS shows the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of Australia is projected to reach 1 million in 2028. This projection is based on medium assumptions of future fertility, paternity, life expectancy and migration, which are guided by recent demographic trends.

Labour Account Australia, Quarterly Experimental Estimates, March 2019 New insights available into Proportion of Vacant Jobs The ABS’s new measure, Proportion of Vacant Jobs (PVJ), gives insights into demand for labour within industries. It shows the relationship between unmet demand (job vacancies) and met demand (filled jobs) and was introduced in the Quarterly Labour Account, March 2019.

Management & Commerce is the most popular field of study in Australia

This page last updated 19 July 2019