 | | | | | | % change from |
| Measure | Series type | Period | Current figure | Previous qtr(a) | Previous year(b) |
|
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 10 770.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
| Full-time | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 7 573.4 | -0.6 | -2.3 |
| Part-time | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 3 196.8 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 29.7 | (c)0.4 | (c)1.5 |
| Employment to population ratio | | | | | | |
| Males | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 71.6 | (c)-0.5 | (c)-2.1 |
| Females | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 77.3 | (c)-0.4 | (c)-2.9 |
| Persons | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 66.0 | (c)-0.7 | (c)-1.1 |
| Unemployed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 668.7 | 2.7 | 39.6 |
| Looking for full-time work | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 499.4 | 4.0 | 52.4 |
| Looking for part-time work | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 169.4 | -1.2 | 11.9 |
| Unemployment rate | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 5.8 | (c)0.1 | (c)1.6 |
| Long-term unemployment | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 09 | 102.4 | 12.2 | 47.3 |
| As a proportion of total unemployment | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 15.3 | (c)1.3 | (c)0.8 |
| Long-term unemployment rate | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 0.9 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.3 |
| Quarterly labour underutilisation rates(d) | | | | | | |
| Unemployment rate(e) | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 5.8 | (c)0.1 | (c)1.6 |
| Underemployment rate | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 7.9 | (c)0.3 | (c)1.8 |
| Labour force underutilisation rate(f) | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 13.9 | (c)0.6 | (c)3.6 |
| Children living without an employed parent(g) | % | Original | Jun 08 | 15.7 | (c)2.3 | (c)2.6 |
| Labour force participation rate | | | | | | |
| Persons aged 15-64 years | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 76.2 | (c)-0.3 | (c)-0.3 |
| Total | % | Trend | Aug 09 | 65.2 | (c)-0.2 | (c)-0.2 |
| Actual hours worked | | | | | | |
| Aggregate weekly hours | mill. hours | Original | Aug 09 | 360.0 | -1.0 | -2.6 |
| Average weekly hours - Persons | hours | Original | Aug 09 | 33.6 | -0.2 | -2.3 |
| Average weekly hours - Full-time | hours | Original | Aug 09 | 41.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Average weekly hours - Part-time | hours | Original | Aug 09 | 17.0 | 2.1 | -0.6 |
| Part-time workers | | | | | | |
| Proportion who preferred to work more hours | % | Original | Aug 09 | 26.3 | (c)-0.3 | (c)4.7 |
| Wage price index | | | | | | |
| Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | Trend | Jun qtr 2009 | 123.4 | - | 3.9 |
| Average weekly earnings | | | | | | |
| Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | $ | Trend | May 09 | 1 197.50 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| All employees total earnings | $ | Trend | May 09 | 923.40 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Industrial disputes | | | | | | |
| Working days lost | '000 | Original | Jun qtr 2009 | 47.3 | 307.8 | -45.3 |
| Working days lost per 1,000 employees | number | Original | Jun qtr 2009 | 5.0 | 316.7 | -45.1 |
| Job vacancies(h) | | | | | | |
| Australia | '000 | Trend | May 2008 | 183.6 | - | 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) See the Glossary for further explanation of labour underutilisation rates. |
| (e) The quarterly unemployment rate is compiled using data collected in the quarter months and may differ slightly from the official monthly unemployment rate. |
| (f) Discrepancies may occur due to rounding. |
| (g) As a proportion of all children aged under 15 years. See the Explanatory Notes for information on family data. |
| (h) 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 will be reinstated in November 2009. |
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