Australian Bureau of Statistics
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LABOUR FORCE

LABOUR FORCE STATUS(a): Trend
				April 2010	May 2010	June 2010
Australian Capital Territory
	Employed
		Total persons	'000	200.4	200.7	200.9
		Change from previous month	'000	0.5	0.3	0.2
		Change from previous year	%	3.1	3.6	3.9
	Unemployed
		Total persons	'000	7.0	6.9	6.8
		Change from previous month	'000	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
		Change from previous year	%	8.2	0.2	-5.2
Australia
	Employed
		Total persons	'000	11 032.4	11 057.3	11 077.6
		Change from previous month	'000	26.8	24.9	20.4
		Change from previous year	%	2.4	2.6	2.8
	Unemployed
		Total persons	'000	610.0	606.3	603.4
		Change from previous month	'000	-4.0	-3.7	-2.9
		Change from previous year	%	-4.8	-7.2	-8.6
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).

LABOUR FORCE STATUS(a): Trend
				April 2010	May 2010	June 2010
Australian Capital Territory
	Participation rate
		Rate	%	73.2	73.1	73.1
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-0.1	-0.1
		Change from previous year	% pts	1.1	1.2	1.2
	Unemployment rate
		Rate	%	3.4	3.3	3.3
		Change from previous month	% pts	-0.1	-0.1	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	0.2	-0.1	-0.3
Australia
	Participation rate
		Rate	%	65.2	65.1	65.1
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
	Unemployment rate
		Rate	%	5.2	5.2	5.2
		Change from previous month	% pts	-	-	-
		Change from previous year	% pts	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source: Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).

EMPLOYED PERSONS, Australian Capital Territory

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, Australian Capital Territory