JULY KEY FIGURES

		Jun 2011	Jul 2011	Jun 11 to Jul 11		Jul 10 to Jul 11
Trend
	Employed persons ('000)	11 445.5	11 448.5	3.0		1.7	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	596.7	598.5	1.7		-3.1	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	5.0	5.0	0.0	pts	-0.2	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.6	65.5	0.0	pts	0.1	pts
Seasonally Adjusted
	Employed persons ('000)	11 450.6	11 450.5	-0.1		1.7	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	593.6	611.6	18.0		-2.3	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	4.9	5.1	0.1	pts	-0.2	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.6	65.6	0.0	pts	0.0	pts

Employed Persons

Unemployment Rate

JULY KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased to 11,448,500.
• Unemployment increased to 598,500.
• Unemployment rate steady at 5.0%.
• Participation rate decreased to 65.5%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased to 1,616.9 million hours.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment remained largely unchanged at 11,450,500. A decrease in full-time employment of 22,200 to 8,055,100 was offset by an increase in part-time employment of 22,100 to 3,395,400.
• Unemployment increased 18,000 (3.0%) to 611,600. The number of persons looking for full-time work increased 10,800 to 428,000 and the number of persons looking for part-time work increased 7,200 to 183,600.
• The unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 5.1%. The male unemployment rate increased 0.2 pts to 4.9% and the female unemployment rate increased to 5.3%.
• The participation rate remained steady at 65.6%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 3.6 million hours to 1,621.4 million hours.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
August 2011	8 September 2011
September 2011	13 October 2011
October 2011	10 November 2011
November 2011	8 December 2011
December 2011	19 January 2012
January 2012	16 February 2012

ROUNDING

Estimates of monthly change shown on the front cover have been calculated using unrounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded estimates. The graphs on the front cover also depict unrounded estimates.


SAMPLING ERROR

The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and the movements derived from them are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of this variability (see pages 34 and 35). The interval bounded by two standard errors is the 95% confidence interval, which provides a way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates. There is a 95% chance that the true value of the estimate lies within that interval.

MOVEMENTS IN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES BETWEEN JUNE 2011 AND JULY 2011
	Monthly change	95% Confidence interval	95% Confidence interval	95% Confidence interval
Total Employment	-100	-54 700	to	54 500
Total Unemployment	18 000	-12 200	to	48 200
Unemployment rate	0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	to	0.3 pts
Participation rate	0.0 pts	-0.4 pts	to	0.4 pts

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070, email client.services@abs.gov.au or Labour Force on Canberra (02) 6252 6525, email labourforce@abs.gov.au\>.