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Labour Force, Australia, Detailed

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Detailed monthly and quarterly Labour Force Survey data, including hours, regions, families, job search, job duration, casual, industry and occupation

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November 2025
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18/12/2025
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18/12/2025 11:30am AEDT

About this release

Data from the monthly Labour Force Survey are released in two stages:

  1. Labour Force, Australia - which contains headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked
  2. Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - which contains detailed data not included in the first release

This second release of Labour Force Survey data includes the latest detailed monthly and quarterly data. Some information, including industry, occupation, job duration, and retrenchment, is only available for February, May, August and November.

As a result, in the 'non-quarter' months, the quarterly spreadsheets and datacubes have a different reference period. For example, the May issue contains May monthly and May quarterly data, while the July issue will contain July monthly and May quarterly data.

For more information on the data contained in the first and second releases, see the Survey output section of the Labour Force Survey Methodology page.

Labour force status

Monthly (November)

Data files

  • Table 01. Labour force status by age, social marital status and sex

    Download xlsx [19.97 MB]

  • Table 02. Labour force status by state, territory, greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and sex

    Download xlsx [4.58 MB]

  • Table 03. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by age, educational attendance (full-time) and sex and by state, territory and educational attendance (full-time)

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  • LM1 - Labour force status by age, greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS), marital status and sex, February 1978 onwards (pivot table)

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  • LM3 - Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by age, educational attendance (full-time), sex and year left school, April 1986 onwards (pivot table)

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  • LM3a - Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by age, educational attendance (full-time), highest year of school completed (ASCED) and sex, August 2015 onwards (pivot table)

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  • LM4 - Labour force status by elapsed years since arrival, major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), sex, state and territory, July 1996 onwards (pivot table)

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  • LM5 - Labour force status by age, major country group (subcontinent) of birth (SACC), and sex, July 1996 onwards (pivot table)

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  • LM9 - Labour force status by age (detailed), greater capital city and rest of state (ASGS) and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [20.28 MB]

Quarterly (November)

Data files

  • Table 24a. Labour Force status by State, Territory, and Level of highest educational attainment (ASCED)

    Download xlsx [606.55 KB]

  • Table 24b. Labour Force status for 20-64 year olds by Level of highest educational attainment (ASCED) and Sex

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  • Table 25a. Labour Force status by State, Territory and Educational attendance (detailed)

    Download xlsx [534.25 KB]

  • Table 25b. Labour Force status for 15-29 year olds by Age, Educational attendance (detailed) and Sex

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  • LQ1 - Labour Force status by Age, Level of highest educational attainment (ASCED) and Sex, August 2015 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [1.16 MB]

  • LQ2 - Labour Force status by Age, Educational attendance (detailed) and Sex, August 2015 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [563.73 KB]

Industry and Occupation

The Labour Account is the best source of quarterly industry and sector data. For information on how it provides a better allocation of employed people and their hours based on the characteristics of their employing business, see Industry employment guide. 

The ABS is currently reviewing the usefulness of the market and non-market sector data in Table 21 of the headline Labour Force release.

Quarterly (November)

Data files

  • Table 04. Employed persons by Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) - Trend, Seasonally adjusted, and Original

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  • Table 05. Employed persons by State, Territory and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC)

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  • Table 06. Employed persons by Industry sub-division of main job (ANZSIC) and Sex

    Download xlsx [2.11 MB]

  • Table 07. Employed persons by Occupation major group of main job (ANZSCO) and Sex

    Download xlsx [209.49 KB]

  • Table 11. Employed persons by Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) and Hours actually worked in all jobs

    Download xlsx [2.06 MB]

  • Table 12. Employed persons by Occupation major group of main job (ANZSCO) and Hours actually worked in all jobs

    Download xlsx [991.91 KB]

  • EQ03 - Employed persons by Greater Capital City and Rest of State (ASGS), Industry division of main job (ANZSIC) and Sex, November 1984 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ06 - Employed persons by Industry group of main job (ANZSIC), Sex, State and Territory, November 1984 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [49.83 MB]

  • EQ07a - Employed persons by Age, Occupation sub-major group of main job (ANZSCO) and Sex, August 1986 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ07b - Employed persons by Occupation major group (ANZSCO) and Status in employment of main job, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ08 - Employed persons by Occupation unit group of main job (ANZSCO), Sex, State and Territory, August 1986 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ09 - Employed persons by Industry division (ANZSIC) and Occupation major group (ANZSCO) of main job and Sex, August 1986 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ10 - Employed persons by Hours usually worked in all jobs and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC), May 2001 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [3.02 MB]

  • EQ11 - Employed persons by Hours actually worked and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC), May 2001 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ12 - Employed persons by Age and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC), November 1984 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ13 - Employed persons by Age and Occupation major group of main job (ANZSCO), August 1986 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • EQ14 - Employed persons by Hours usually worked and Industry division of main job (ANZSIC), August 2014 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [1.47 MB]

Hours worked

Monthly (November)

Data files

  • Table 09. Employed persons by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex

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  • Table 10. Employed persons by hours usually worked in all jobs and sex

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  • EM1a - Employed persons by age, hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM1b - Employed persons by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [33.02 MB]

  • EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [13.53 MB]

  • EM3a - Employed persons by age, hours usually worked in all jobs and sex, April 2001 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM3b - Employed persons by hours usually worked in all jobs, state and territory, April 2001 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM4a - Employed persons by age, hours actually worked in main job and sex, April 2001 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM4b - Employed persons by hours actually worked in main job, state and territory, April 2001 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM5a - Employed persons by age, hours usually worked in main job and sex, July 2014 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM5b - Employed persons by hours usually worked in main job, state and territory, July 2014 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [1.2 MB]

Unemployment

Monthly (November)

Data files

Quarterly (November)

Data files

  • UQ2a - Unemployed persons by Industry division of last job (ANZSIC), Reason left or lost last job and Sex, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

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  • UQ2b - Unemployed persons by Industry division of last job (ANZSIC), State and Territory, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [2.02 MB]

  • UQ3a - Unemployed persons by Occupation major group of last job (ANZSCO), Reason left or lost last job and Sex, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [706.76 KB]

  • UQ3b - Unemployed persons by Occupation major group of last job (ANZSCO), State and Territory, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [1.1 MB]

Underemployment and underutilisation

Quarterly (November)

Data files

Status in employment

Monthly (November)

Data files

  • Table 08. Employed persons by Status in employment of main job and Sex

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  • EM6 - Employed persons by hours actually worked in all jobs, sex and status in employment of main job, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

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  • EM6a - Employed persons by hours actually worked in all jobs, sex, status in employment of main job, and state, January 1991 (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [34.97 MB]

Quarterly (November)

Data files

  • Table 13. Employed persons by Status in employment of main job and Hours actually worked in all jobs

    Download xlsx [1.14 MB]

  • EQ04 - Employed persons by Hours actually worked in all jobs, Sex and Status in employment of main job, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [2.38 MB]

  • EQ05 - Employed persons by Industry division (ANZSIC) and Status in employment of main job, February 1991 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [2.31 MB]

Modelled labour market regions (SA4)

Monthly (November)

Data files

The ABS has ceased publishing direct survey estimates tables for labour market regions (SA4) from the November release of Labour Force, Australia, Detailed onwards. This includes tables 16, 16b, 16c, RM1, RM3, RQ1 and RQ2. This follows the release of new age and sex breakdowns for the modelled regional labour force estimates in the June 2025 issue of Labour Force, Australia, Detailed.

For further information on the methodology used to model these estimates and advise on how to interpret this data, see the Collection method section of the Labour Force Survey Methodology page and the Regional labour market data guide.

For data items not available in MRM1 and MRM2, direct survey estimates will continue to be available in the LFS TableBuilder product.

Relationship in household

Monthly (November)

Data files

  • FM1 - Labour force status by relationship in household, sex, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

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  • FM2 - Labour force status by age and relationship in household, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [6.58 MB]

  • FM3 - Employed persons by hours actually worked in all jobs and relationship in household, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [6.83 MB]

  • FM4 - Unemployed persons by duration of job search and relationship in household, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [1.42 MB]

Current and expected job duration

Quarterly (November)

Data files

  • Table 17. Employed persons by Expectations of future employment and Number of months with current employer or in own business

    Download xlsx [356.43 KB]

  • EQ02 - Employed persons by Number of months with current employer or in own business, Sex, State and Territory, May 2001 onwards (Pivot Table)

    Download xlsx [1.16 MB]

Retrenchment

Quarterly (November)

Data files

Not in the labour force

Monthly (November)

Data files

  • NM1 - Persons not in the labour force (NILF) by age, reason not in the labour force and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

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  • NM2 - Persons not in the labour force (NILF) by reason not in the labour force, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

    Download xlsx [1.4 MB]

All data downloads

All monthly time series spreadsheets

Data files
Download zip [32.01 MB]

All monthly pivot tables

Data files
Download zip [294.47 MB]

All quarterly time series spreadsheets

Data files
Download zip [11.05 MB]

All quarterly pivot tables

Data files
Download zip [152.81 MB]

Previous catalogue number

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Detailed Labour Force data were also previously published in:

Methodology

Labour Force, Australia methodology, November 2025