 | | | | | | % change from |
| Measure | Series type | Period | Current figure | Previous qtr(a) | Previous year(b) |
|
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 10 844.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Full-time | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 7 600.1 | 0.2 | -1.5 |
| Part-time | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 3 244.3 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 29.9 | (c)0.2 | (c)1.3 |
| Employment to population ratio | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 61.5 | (c)0.0 | (c)-0.9 |
| Males | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 67.9 | (c)0.1 | (c)-1.3 |
| Females | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 55.2 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.5 |
| Unemployed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 659.4 | -0.4 | 28.9 |
| Looking for full-time work | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 492.3 | -0.5 | 37.6 |
| Looking for part-time work | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 167.1 | - | 8.7 |
| Unemployment rate | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Long-term unemployment | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Nov 09 | 103.8 | 3.3 | 42.3 |
| As a proportion of total unemployment | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 15.8 | (c)0.6 | (c)1.5 |
| Long-term unemployment rate | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 0.9 | 0.0 | (c)0.3 |
| Quarterly labour underutilisation rates | | | | | | |
| Unemployment rate(d) | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 5.8 | 0.0 | (c)1.2 |
| Underemployment rate | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 7.8 | (c)0.1 | (c)1.3 |
| Labour force underutilisation rate | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 13.6 | (c)0.1 | (c)2.4 |
| Children living without an employed parent(e) | % | Original | Jun 09 | 15.1 | (c)2.2 | (c)2.6 |
| Labour force participation rate | | | | | | |
| Persons aged 15-64 years | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 76.2 | 0.0 | (c)-0.2 |
| Total | % | Trend | Nov 09 | 65.2 | 0.0 | (c)-0.1 |
| Aggregate monthly hours worked | | | | | | |
| Persons | mill. hours | Trend | Nov 09 | 1 528.3 | 0.7 | -0.7 |
| Actual hours worked | | | | | | |
| Average weekly hours - Persons | hours | Original | Nov 09 | 34.0 | 1.0 | -0.6 |
| Average weekly hours - Full-time | hours | Original | Nov 09 | 41.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Average weekly hours - Part-time | hours | Original | Nov 09 | 16.8 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
| Part-time workers | | | | | | |
| Proportion who preferred to work more hours | % | Original | Nov 09 | 27.1 | (c)0.8 | (c)3.5 |
| Wage price index | | | | | | |
| Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | Trend | Sep qtr 2009 | 102.0 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Average weekly earnings | | | | | | |
| Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | $ | Trend | Aug 09 | 1 201.90 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| All employees total earnings | $ | Trend | Aug 09 | 934.70 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Industrial disputes | | | | | | |
| Working days lost | '000 | Original | Sep qtr 2009 | 29.1 | -38.5 | -19.6 |
| Working days lost per 1,000 employees | number | Original | Sep qtr 2009 | 3.1 | -38.0 | -18.4 |
| Job vacancies(f) | | | | | | |
| Australia | '000 | Trend | May 2008 | 183.6 | 1.1 | 9.0 |
|
| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (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) The Job Vacancies Survey was not conducted in 2008-09. The May issue of Job Vacancies, Australia (cat. no. 6354.0), released in June 2008, was the final issue for 2007-08. The survey was reinstated in November 2009. |
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