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

Reference period
July 2021
Released
26/08/2021

October 2021 Labour Force, Australia, Detailed will be released on 18 November

As advised in Labour Force, Australia, the release of the October 2021 Labour Force statistics will be a week earlier than originally advertised, with the Labour Force, Australia, Detailed released on 18 November.

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, sector, 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.

Using regional labour force data

Annual averages are important for understanding the current state of the labour market, and providing medium and long-term signals.

However, unusual, sudden and/or extreme changes in the labour market (e.g. changes to regular and seasonal patterns in employment, working hours, job search or availability as a result of COVID-19) can be difficult to account for in the short-term using a 12 month moving average. The application of an annual average to the original regional estimates in Table 16b is unlikely to accurately or quickly detect turning points in the time series during periods of significant change, which should be considered before drawing any conclusions from these estimates.

For advice on reporting data from our regional labour force products (Pivot tables RM1, RM3 and Tables 16, 16B, 16C) see Advice on reporting regional labour force data.

Labour force status

Monthly (July)

Data files

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Industry, Occupation and Sector

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Hours worked

Reason worked fewer hours than usual in EM2a and EM2b

The ABS has revised data in EM2a and EM2b to correct the categorisation of some people who reported 'Other reasons' who were previously inadvertently grouped into the 'Began, left or lost a job' category in our products. There are no other changes to these products.

 

Monthly (July)

Data files

Unemployment

Monthly (July)

Data files

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Underemployment and underutilisation

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Status in employment

Monthly (July)

Data files

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Labour market regions (SA4)

Monthly (July)

Data files

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Relationship in household

Monthly (July)

Data files

Current and expected job duration

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Retrenchment

Quarterly (May)

Data files

Not in the labour force

Monthly (July)

Data files

All data downloads

All monthly time series spreadsheets

All monthly pivot tables

All quarterly time series spreadsheets

All quarterly pivot tables

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue numbers:

  • 6291.0.55.001; and 
  • 6291.0.55.003.
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