1345.4 - SA Stats, Sep 2007
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/10/2007
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LABOUR FORCE EMPLOYED PERSONS In trend terms, total employment in South Australia rose by 1.0% from a recent low of 753,400 persons in March 2007 to its highest ever level of 761,000 persons in August 2007. Total employment in Australia also recorded a series high, about 10,502,000 persons in August 2007. UNEMPLOYMENT The trend estimate unemployment rate for South Australia has remained steady at 4.8% for each of the three months to August 2007 after reaching a recent peak of 5.3% in January 2007. Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3% in August 2007, although this was lower than the 4.5% recorded in January 2007. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE(a), Trend, South Australia and Australia Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) For South Australia, the trend unemployment rate for females decreased to 4.5% in August 2007 down from 4.9% in January 2007. For males the unemployment rate decreased to 5.0% in August 2007, down from 5.5% in January 2007. PARTICIPATION RATE The trend estimate of the participation rate for South Australia in August 2007 was 62.2%, down from 62.5% a year ago. In the ten year period from August 1997, the lowest estimate was 59.7% in May and June of 1998. Australia's trend participation rate increased slightly to 65.0% in June 2007 and remained steady through to August 2007. The lowest participation rate reported for Australia for the ten year period from August 1997 was 62.8% in April and May of 1999. PARTICIPATION RATE(a), Trend, South Australia and Australia Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) For South Australia, the trend participation rate for females was 55.6% in August 2007, lower than the rate recorded a year ago (55.9%). Over the past 12 months, the highest rate was recorded in November 2006 (56.5%), falling slightly to 56.2% in January 2007 and has remained above 55.0% since February 2006. Nationally the female participation rate increased slightly to 57.8% in July and August 2007. This is higher than the rate in August 2007 (57.5%). The participation rate for South Australian males had fallen from 69.5% in August 2006 to 69.0% in August 2007. The Australian participation rate for males has been consistently higher than that for South Australia since May 1997, and was 72.4% in August 2007. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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