 | | | | | | % change from |
| Measure | Series type | Period | Current figure | Previous qtr(a) | Previous year(b) |
|
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 11 258.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Full-time | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 7 904.8 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Part-time | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 3 353.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 29.8 | (c)0.0 | (c)0.0 |
| Employment to population ratio | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 62.0 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.4 |
| Males | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 68.7 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.8 |
| Females | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 55.5 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.1 |
| Unemployed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 612.6 | -1.1 | -8.9 |
| Looking for full-time work | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 434.4 | -2.0 | -13.9 |
| Looking for part-time work | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 178.2 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| Unemployment rate | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 5.2 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.6 |
| Long-term unemployment | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 10 | 113.4 | 1.4 | 10.4 |
| As a proportion of total unemployment | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 18.5 | (c)0.5 | (c)3.2 |
| Long-term unemployment rate | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 1.0 | (c)0.0 | (c)0.1 |
| Quarterly labour underutilisation rates | | | | | | |
| Unemployment rate(d) | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 5.2 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.6 |
| Underemployment rate | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 7.2 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.5 |
| Labour force underutilisation rate | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 12.3 | (c)-0.2 | (c)-1.1 |
| Children living without an employed parent(e) | % | Original | Jun 09 | 15.1 | (c)0.0 | (c)2.6 |
| Labour force participation rate | | | | | | |
| Persons aged 15-64 years | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 76.3 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.1 |
| Total | % | Trend | Aug 10 | 65.4 | (c)0.1 | (c)0.0 |
| Aggregate monthly hours worked | | | | | | |
| Persons | mill. hours | Trend | Aug 10 | 1 589.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| Actual hours worked | | | | | | |
| Average weekly hours - Persons | hours | Original | Aug 10 | 34.0 | -0.7 | 1.1 |
| Average weekly hours - Full-time | hours | Original | Aug 10 | 41.2 | -0.8 | 1.1 |
| Average weekly hours - Part-time | hours | Original | Aug 10 | 17.0 | -0.1 | 0.4 |
| Part-time workers | | | | | | |
| Proportion who preferred to work more hours | % | Original | Aug 10 | 24.8 | (c)0.3 | (c)-1.5 |
| Wage price index | | | | | | |
| Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | Trend | Jun qtr 2010 | 104.3 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| Average weekly earnings | | | | | | |
| Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | $ | Trend | May 10 | 1 256.30 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| All employees total earnings | $ | Trend | May 10 | 982.80 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| Industrial disputes | | | | | | |
| Working days lost | '000 | Original | Jun qtr 2010 | 24.0 | -16.7 | -49.3 |
| Working days lost per 1,000 employees | number | Original | Jun qtr 2010 | 2.5 | -17.5 | -50.5 |
| Job vacancies(f) | | | | | | |
| Australia | '000 | Original | Aug 10 | 181.4 | 10.1 | na |
|
| na not available |
| (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 trend and seasonally adjusted labour force estimates, unemployment estimates and unemployment rates are compiled using data collected in the quarter months and may differ slightly from the official monthly trend and seasonally adjusted estimates and rates published in Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) and presented in sections 1 and 3 of this publication. |
| (e) As a proportion of all children aged under 15 years. See the Explanatory Notes for information on family data. |
| (f) As a result of the Job Vacancy Survey being suspended, no original estimates were produced for five quarters between August 2008 and August 2009 inclusive. |
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