NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | | Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | Oct 16 to Nov 16 | Nov 15 to Nov 16 |
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| Trend | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 11 946.2 | 11 949.3 | 3.1 | | 0.7 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 714.6 | 714.0 | -0.7 | | -4.2 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 5.6 | 5.6 | 0.0 | pts | -0.3 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 64.5 | 64.5 | 0.0 | pts | -0.6 | pts |
| Seasonally Adjusted | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 11 934.1 | 11 973.2 | 39.1 | | 0.7 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 708.2 | 725.2 | 17.0 | | -1.1 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 5.6 | 5.7 | 0.1 | pts | -0.1 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 64.4 | 64.6 | 0.2 | pts | -0.6 | pts |
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Employed Persons
| Unemployment Rate
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NOVEMBER KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
- Employment increased 3,100 to 11,949,300.
- Unemployment decreased 700 to 714,000.
- Unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6%.
- Participation rate remained steady at 64.5%.
- Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 0.8 million hours to 1665.4 million hours.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
- Employment increased 39,100 to 11,973,200. Full-time employment increased 39,300 to 8,166,200 and part-time employment decreased 200 to 3,807,000.
- Unemployment increased 17,000 to 725,200. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work increased 15,100 to 512,100 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work decreased 1,900 to 213,100.
- Unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 5.7%.
- Participation rate increased 0.2 pts to 64.6%.
- Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 10.4 million hours to 1663.3 million hours.
LABOUR UNDERUTILISATION (QUARTERLY CHANGE)
- Trend estimates: the labour force underutilisation rate remained steady at 14.2%.
- Seasonally adjusted estimates: the labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 14.1%. The male labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.3 pts to 12.3%. The female labour force underutilisation rate remained steady at 16.2%.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| December 2016 | 19 January 2017 |
| January 2017 | 16 February 2017 |
| February 2017 | 16 March 2017 |
| March 2017 | 13 April 2017 |
| April 2017 | 18 May 2017 |
| May 2017 | 15 June 2017 |
WHAT' S NEW IN THE LABOUR FORCE
For details regarding the quarterly population rebenchmarking, and the upcoming release of pivot table outputs in the November 2016 release of
Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly (cat. no. 6291.0.55.003), please refer to the "What's New in the Labour Force" on page 9.
SPOTLIGHT ON UNDEREMPLOYMENT
A spotlight on underemployment is included with this issue, to coincide with the release of quarterly underemployment and underutilisation measures in Spreadsheets 22 and 23.
SAMPLING ERROR
The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and movements are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of sampling variability. 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 OCTOBER 2016 AND NOVEMBER 2016 |
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| Monthly change | 95% Confidence interval |
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| Total Employment | 39 100 | -19 500 | to | 97 700 |
| Total Unemployment | 17 000 | -19 200 | to | 53 200 |
| Unemployment rate | 0.1 pts | -0.1 pts | to | 0.3 pts |
| Participation rate | 0.2 pts | -0.2 pts | to | 0.6 pts |
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INQUIRIES
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