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Headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked from the monthly Labour Force Survey

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October 2023
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16/11/2023
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Key statistics

In trend terms, in October 2023:

  • unemployment rate remained at 3.7%. 
  • participation rate decreased to 66.8%.
  • employment increased to 14,145,400.
  • employment to population ratio remained at 64.4%.
  • underemployment rate remained at 6.4%.
  • monthly hours worked decreased to 1,937 million.

In seasonally adjusted terms, in October 2023:

  • unemployment rate increased to 3.7%.
  • participation rate increased to 67.0%.
  • employment increased to 14,173,500.
  • employment to population ratio increased to 64.5%.
  • underemployment rate remained at 6.3%.
  • monthly hours worked increased to 1,939 million.
  • full-time employment increased by 17,000 to 9,828,000 people.
  • part-time employment increased by 37,900 to 4,345,500 people.
Key statistics - Trend
Sep-2023Oct-2023Monthly changeMonthly change (%)Yearly changeYearly change (%)
Employed people14,117,10014,145,40028,3000.2%386,7002.8%
Unemployed people538,500542,1003,6000.7%46,0009.3%
Unemployment rate3.7%3.7%0.0 ptsna0.2 ptsna
Underemployment rate6.4%6.4%0.0 ptsna0.4 ptsna
Participation rate66.9%66.8%0.0 ptsna0.1 ptsna
Monthly hours worked in all jobs 1,940 million 1,937 million-2 million-0.1%50 million2.6%
Key statistics - Seasonally adjusted
Sep-23Oct-23Monthly changeMonthly change (%)Yearly changeYearly change (%)
Employed people14,118,50014,173,50055,0000.4%418,9003.0%
Unemployed people519,900547,80027,9005.4%64,00013.2%
Unemployment rate3.6%3.7%0.2 ptsna0.3 ptsna
Underemployment rate6.3%6.3%0.0 ptsna0.4 ptsna
Participation rate66.8%67.0%0.2 ptsna0.3 ptsna
Monthly hours worked in all jobs 1,930 million 1,939 million9 million0.5%33 million1.7%

Estimates of changes throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded level estimates and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded level estimates.

For definitions of labour statistics used in this publication, please refer to Glossary of Labour Force, Australia methodology.

Survey impacts and changes

Change to the timing of the introduction of the improved estimation method

As previously noted, the ABS has identified improvements to the estimation method for Labour Force statistics.

In finalising the improved estimation approach, additional improvements have been identified and will be incorporated. The improved method will now be introduced, along with the associated revisions, with the release of February 2024 estimates (on 21 March 2024) and not with November 2023 estimates (on 14 December 2023) as previously advised. Further information on this is provided below.

Upcoming improvements to the Labour Force estimation method in early 2024

As part of ongoing improvements to the estimation method for Labour Force statistics, the ABS will make some minor changes in how it accounts for some relatively small population groups within the sample.

There are various small groups, which together account for less than 2 per cent of the overall sample, who are more difficult to survey each month, contribute a higher degree of underlying sampling variability, and for whom there is more reliable auxiliary data sources (e.g. regular administrative data). This includes some people who don’t live in private dwellings and some people who live in remote and very remote parts of Australia.

As stated on 19 October 2023, ABS research and analysis has shown that estimation models that draw on auxiliary data for these groups produce a better quality contribution for them to aggregate Labour Force statistics.

Since then, in finalising the improved estimation model, the ABS has identified further improvements in how the auxiliary data should be used within these models.

Given many, but not all, of these groups have a relatively higher proportion of people who are not in the labour force, the optimised estimation method will better account for these people and their labour force characteristics. For recent years, this will generally mean an increase in the level and reduce the variability in the aggregate estimate of persons not in the labour force, along with corresponding changes to the employed and unemployed estimates.

The revisions to the participation rate will therefore now be greater than was noted in the 19 October release, while there will still be relatively little change in the unemployment rate.

In order to afford time to incorporate these further improvements into the method, the ABS will now introduce the new method with the February 2024 release (and quarterly population rebenchmarking revisions) on 21 March 2024, and not in the November 2023 release on 14 December 2023 as previously advised.

Further information, including on revisions, will be provided in the January 2024 release on 15 February.

New Labour Force Survey sample phase-in

Since July 2018, the Labour Force Survey sample has been selected using information collected in the 2016 Census of Population and Housing.  The quality of the Labour Force sample is maintained by updating it with information from the most recent Census.

From September 2023, the sample frame has been updated with information from the 2021 Census, with sample selection from the new sample being phased in over eight months from September 2023 to April 2024.

This update is expected to have minimal impact on sample selection, and as with previous sample changes, will be monitored.

For more information please refer to Sample Design of Labour Force, Australia Methodology.

Major rebenchmarking of labour force estimates

In the November 2023 publication, to be released on 14 December 2023, the Labour Force population benchmarks will be updated to reflect the latest estimated resident population (ERP) based on the 2021 Census (final rebased ERP).

This is a regular 5-yearly rebasing process which follows each Census, and ensures the Labour Force estimates are benchmarked to the most recent population information.

This process will result in minor revisions to Labour Force estimates going back to 2016. This follows a similar process to that undertaken in 2018.

Update on enhanced regional labour market data

As part of ongoing improvements to the estimation method for Labour Force statistics, the ABS is also developing improved monthly regional labour force estimates.

A new information paper was released on 30th October 2023 with the following updates on progress towards releasing higher quality regional labour force statistics:

  • refinements to the model that will be used to produce improved SA4 level estimates
  • updated SA4 estimates through to August 2023, based on the refined version of the model
  • information on release plans, including timing
  • plans to continue enhancing regional labour force statistics through modelling finer level sub-state estimates.

The ABS has also released a research paper, A Rao-Yu model for small area estimation of labour force statistics, with additional details on the Rao-Yu area-level time series model used to produce these estimates.

The first release of the information paper on this project was in June 2023.

Survey response and timeline

The October Labour Force Survey was run in respect of the two weeks from Sunday 1 October to Saturday 14 October, and collected over the period from Sunday 8 October to Saturday 28 October.

As seen in the recent weekly payroll jobs data, the referendum will have contributed to some temporary growth in employment, hours and participation in October. However, the temporary effect of referendums and elections on Labour Force employment measures cannot be specifically identified. It is important to note that some temporary jobs growth will not translate into employment growth, if a person works in a temporary job as a secondary job. It is also important to note that only the second of the two reference weeks for the survey includes the referendum date.

The ABS would like to thank Australians for their continued support in responding to our surveys, given how critically important this information is.

Reference and Enumeration Dates
PublicationStart of Reference WeekEnd of Reference WeekStart of EnumerationEnd of Enumeration
Sep-233rd September 202316th September 202310th September 202330th September 2023
Oct-231st October 202314th October 20238th October 202328th October 2023
Nov-2329th October 202311th November 20235th November 202325th November 2023
Dec-2326th November 20239th December 20233rd December 202320th December 2023
Jan-2431st December 202313th January 20247th January 202427th January 2024
Feb-244th February 202417th February 202411th February 20242nd March 2024

Unemployment

In trend terms, in October 2023:

  • unemployment rate remained at 3.7%.
  • unemployed people increased by 3,600 to 542,100. 
  • youth unemployment rate increased to 8.7%.

Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023.

Employment

In trend terms, in October 2023, employment increased by 28,300 people (0.2%) to 14,145,400 people.

Flows into and out of employment

Flows into and out of employment are extensive and are based on the net matched sample of original employment growth between two consecutive months (around 80% of the sample). The (net) sum of the inflows and outflows does not necessarily equal the 'net' employment growth.

For October 2023, the net change in the number of employed people is the result of around 493,000 people entering employment (i.e. they were not employed in September but were employed in October), while around 459,000 people left employment (i.e. they were employed in September but not employed in October). This contrasts with September 2023, where around 508,000 people entered employment and around 469,000 people left employment.

Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023.

Full-time and part-time employment

In trend terms, in October 2023:

  • full-time employment increased by 2,000 to 9,831,900 people, and part-time employment increased by 26,300 to 4,313,500 people.
  • part-time share of employment was 30.5%.

 

Employment-to-population ratio

In trend terms, in October 2023, the employment-to-population ratio remained at 64.4%.

The employment-to-population ratio provides a measure of employment relative to the size of the population.

Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023.

Hours worked

In trend terms, in October 2023, monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased by 2.3 million hours (-0.1%) to 1,937 million hours.

Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023.

Participation

In trend terms, in October 2023, the participation rate:

  • decreased to 66.8%.
  • decreased to 71.1% for men and increased to 62.7% for women.

Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023.

Underemployment

In trend terms, in October 2023:

  • underemployment rate remained at 6.4%.
  • underutilisation rate remained at 10.1%.

Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023.

States and Territories

October 2023 - Trend
New South WalesVictoriaQueenslandSouth AustraliaWestern AustraliaTasmaniaNorthern TerritoryAustralian Capital TerritoryAustralia
Employed people4,384,7003,680,1002,859,900959,3001,571,700288,400137,900267,60014,145,400
Employed people - monthly change0.2%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.4%-0.1%0.1%0.3%0.2%
Employment to population ratio63.8%65.3%63.6%62.0%66.6%59.7%70.0%70.6%64.4%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change0.0 pts0.0 pts-0.1 pts0.1 pts0.1 pts-0.1 pts0.0 pts0.0 pts0.0 pts
Unemployment rate3.4%3.6%4.2%3.6%3.7%4.3%4.1%3.5%3.7%
Unemployment rate - monthly change0.0 pts0.0 pts0.0 pts-0.1 pts0.0 pts0.0 pts0.1 pts0.1 pts0.0 pts
Underemployment rate6.2%6.5%6.9%7.5%5.8%6.5%4.4%5.0%6.4%
Underemployment rate - monthly change-0.1 pts0.0 pts0.0 pts0.0 pts-0.1 pts-0.1 pts0.2 pts0.1 pts0.0 pts
Participation rate66.1%67.7%66.4%64.3%69.1%62.4%73.0%73.2%66.8%
Participation rate - monthly change0.0 pts0.0 pts-0.1 pts0.0 pts0.1 pts-0.1 pts0.0 pts0.1 pts0.0 pts
October 2023 - Seasonally adjusted
New South WalesVictoriaQueenslandSouth AustraliaWestern AustraliaTasmaniaNorthern TerritoryAustralian Capital TerritoryAustralia
Employed people4,387,7003,687,1002,864,700959,0001,574,300286,900139,800268,30014,173,500
Employed people - monthly change0.5%0.9%0.4%0.2%0.6%-1.4%1.2%0.7%0.4%
Employment to population ratio63.9%65.3%63.7%61.9%66.7%59.4%71.0%70.8%64.5%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change0.1 pts0.4 pts0.1 pts0.0 pts0.2 pts-0.9 pts0.8 pts0.4 pts0.1 pts
Unemployment rate3.4%3.8%4.3%3.6%3.8%4.0%4.0%3.9%3.7%
Unemployment rate - monthly change0.1 pts0.3 pts0.4 pts-0.1 pts0.5 pts-0.2 pts-0.1 pts0.0 pts0.2 pts
Underemployment rate6.2%6.4%6.7%7.4%5.7%6.6%4.9%5.0%6.3%
Underemployment rate - monthly change0.2 pts-0.2 pts-0.2 pts0.2 pts-0.1 pts0.5 pts0.9 pts0.3 pts0.0 pts
Participation rate66.1%67.9%66.5%64.3%69.3%61.9%73.9%73.6%67.0%
Participation rate - monthly change0.2 pts0.7 pts0.3 pts0.0 pts0.5 pts-1.1 pts0.7 pts0.4 pts0.2 pts

Historical charts

Historical charts for employed, unemployed, unemployment rate and participation rate from August 1966 to October 2023

Historical Labour Force estimates of employment, unemployment rate, and participation rate from the historical quarterly and monthly Labour Force Survey.

Prior to 1978 the historical Labour Force Survey was collected quarterly; the current Labour Force Survey is collected monthly. Please refer to the history of changes to see the differences between the historical and current Labour Force Survey. 

February 1978 to October 2023 estimated monthly, before February 1978 estimated quarterly

Source: 6204.0.55.001 Labour Force Historical Timeseries, Australia, 1966-1984, Seasonally adjusted estimates of the labour force by sex and marital status - 1966-1977 and 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia, Table 1

February 1978 to October 2023 estimated monthly, before February 1978 estimated quarterly

Source: 6204.0.55.001 Labour Force Historical Timeseries, Australia, 1966-1984, Seasonally adjusted estimates of the labour force by sex and marital status - 1966-1977 and 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia, Table 1

February 1978 to October 2023 estimated monthly, before February 1978 estimated quarterly

Source: 6204.0.55.001 Labour Force Historical Timeseries, Australia, 1966-1984, Seasonally adjusted estimates of the labour force by sex and marital status - 1966-1977 and 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia, Table 1

February 1978 to October 2023 estimated monthly, before February 1978 estimated quarterly

Source: 6204.0.55.001 Labour Force Historical Timeseries, Australia, 1966-1984, Seasonally adjusted estimates of the labour force by sex and marital status - 1966-1977 and 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia, Table 1

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

The Labour Force Survey sample can be thought of as comprising eight sub-samples (rotation groups), with each sub-sample remaining in the survey for eight months, and one group "rotating out" each month and being replaced by a new group "rotating in". As seven-eighths of the sample are common from one month to the next, changes in the estimates reflect real changes in the labour market, rather than changes in the sample. The replacement sample is generally selected from the same geographic areas as the outgoing one, as part of a representative sampling approach.

The sample comprises three components:

  • the matched common sample (people who responded in both the current month and previous month)
  • the unmatched common sample (people who responded in the current month but who did not respond in the previous month, or vice versa)
  • the incoming rotation group (replacing people who rotated out)

The matched common sample describes the change observed for the same respondents in the current and previous month, while the other two components reflect differences between the aggregate labour force status of different groups of people.

While the rotation groups are designed to be representative of the population, the outgoing and incoming rotation groups will almost always have somewhat different characteristics, as they reflect different households and people. The design of the survey, including the weighting and estimation processes, ensures that these differences are generally relatively minor and do not affect the representativeness of the survey and its estimates. Monthly estimates are designed to be representative, regardless of the relative contribution of the three components of the sample.

The contributions of the three sample components to the original estimates of employed, unemployed and not in the labour force are in the Contribution from sample components to estimates spreadsheet.

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
September outgoing rotation groupOctober incoming rotation groupOctober outgoing rotation groupOctober estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio63.7%65.1%65.5%64.4%
Full-time employment to population ratio44.7%45.0%45.2%44.4%
Unemployment rate3.1%4.2%3.2%3.6%
Participation rate65.8%68.0%67.6%66.8%

States and Territories

In addition to analysis across the entire sample, the ABS also undertakes similar analysis for the responding sample in each state and territory each month, and highlights where there is a notable change for users to be aware of. In October, there were no concerning differences in the responding sample driving the movement in each state and territory. As with any notable month-to-month movement of this nature in state and territory estimates, the ABS recommends exercising a degree of caution in interpreting short-term changes.

As for its reporting for the entire sample, where the ABS has not highlighted a notable incoming rotation group effect, any larger changes should therefore be considered to reflect a broader change across the sample.

Comparability with seasonally adjusted and trend data

The gross flows and rotation group data are in original terms only, and are included to provide additional information on the month-to-month movements. They have a considerable level of inherent sampling variability, which is specifically adjusted for in the trend and seasonally adjusted series. The trend data provides the best measure of the underlying behaviour of the labour market and is the focus of the commentary in this publication.

Contribution from sample components to estimates

Data files
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Data downloads

Labour Force Survey results are released in three stages.

  1. Spreadsheets of the headline indicators are published in this release
  2. Additional, more detailed spreadsheets and pivot tables are published in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed one week after this first release
  3. Longitudinal labour force microdata are released in the ABS DataLab on a monthly basis, one day after the detailed release (see Microdata: Longitudinal Labour Force, Australia)

See the Survey output section of Labour Force, Australia methodology for more information.

Labour Force status

Data files

Hours worked

Data files

  • Table 19. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted

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  • Table 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted

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  • Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment and underutilisation

Data files

Flows into and out of employment

GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, November 2003 to October 2023

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GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, Historical (from February 1991)

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All time series spreadsheets

All time series spreadsheets

Data files
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Data Explorer datasets

Caution: Data in the Data Explorer is currently released after the 11:30am release on the ABS website. Please check the time period when using Data Explorer.

For information on Data Explorer and how it works, see the Data Explorer user guide.

Labour Force status by Sex, State and Territory - Number of people employed, unemployed and not in the labour force, monthly, February 1978 and onwards.

Labour Force monthly hours worked by Sex, State and Territory - Monthly hours worked by employed people, monthly, July 1978 and onwards.

Labour Force status by Age Groups - Number of people employed, unemployed and not in the labour force, monthly, February 1978 and onwards.

Article archive

Understanding the labour force

Historical charts from August 1966 to February 2023 (February 2023)

Historical charts from August 1966 to January 2023 (January 2023)

Historical charts from August 1966 to December 2022 (December 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to November 2022 (November 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to October 2022 (October 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to September 2022 (September 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to August 2022 (August 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to July 2022 (July 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to June 2022 (June 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to May 2022 (May 2022)

Historical charts from August 1966 to April 2022 (April 2022)

Historical charts from 1966 (March 2022)

Understanding full-time and part-time work (January 2021)

Understanding differences between Labour Force employment statistics and Weekly Payroll Jobs (April 2020)

Classifying people during the COVID-19 period (March 2020)

Labour Force Explained (September 2017)

Understanding the Australian labour force using ABS statistics (December 2013)

Understanding full-time / part-time status in the Labour Force Survey (September 2013)

Employment level estimates versus employment to population ratio explained (January 2012)

Employment and jobs

Charts on casual employment, occupation, industry and job mobility (May 2023)

Charts on casual employment, occupation, industry and job mobility (February 2023)

Charts on casual employment, occupation, industry and job mobility (November 2022)

Charts on casual employment, occupation, industry and job mobility (August 2022)

Charts on casual employment, occupation and industry (May 2022)

Insights into job mobility from quarterly Labour Force Statistics (February 2022)

Charts on casual employment, occupation and industry (February 2022)

Insights into job mobility from quarterly Labour Force statistics (December 2021)

Charts on casual employment, occupation and industry (November 2021)

Charts on casual employment, occupation and industry (August 2021)

Charts on casual employment, occupation and industry (May 2021)

Changing female employment over time (February 2021)

Insights into casual employment, occupation and industry (November 2020)

Strong employment growth for non-employees (August 2020)

State and territory employment and hours worked (August 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An International Perspective (August 2020)

Flows into and out of employment and unemployment (June 2020)

Insights into industry and occupation (May 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An international perspective (May 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An international perspective (April 2020)

People moving into or out of employment or unemployment every month (March 2020)

How many people work one hour a week (January 2019)

Leave entitlements (November 2015)

Duration of employment (November 2015)

Sector of main job (November 2015)

Estimating jobs in the Australian labour market (February 2013)

Employment in mining in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia (May 2012)

Unemployment and underemployment

Insights into job attachment (January 2023)

Insights into job attachment during the pandemic (February 2022)

Insights into job attachment during the pandemic (January 2022)

Insights into job attachment during the pandemic (November 2021)

Insights into job attachment during the pandemic (October 2021)

Underemployment: Reduced hours or prefers more hours (December 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An International Perspective (August 2020)

Understanding unemployment and the loss of work during the COVID-19 period: An Australian and international perspective (July 2020)

Flows into and out of employment and unemployment (June 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An International Perspective (June 2020)

People who lost a job or were stood down: flows analysis (May 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An international perspective (May 2020)

Hours not worked - Hours-based measures of unemployment and underemployment (May 2020)

People who lost a job or were stood down: Flows analysis (April 2020)

Reasons people are not in the labour force (April 2020)

Employment and unemployment: An international perspective (April 2020)

Underemployment in Australia (September 2018)

Spotlight on underemployment (November 2016)

Measures of underemployment and underutilisation (November 2015)

Full-time and part-time job search (November 2015)

Hours-based measures of unemployment and underemployment (November 2015)

Retrenchment (November 2015)

Did you know - Underemployment (June 2013)

Exploring labour force data on joblessness (February 2012)

 

Hours worked

Insights into hours worked (April 2023)

Insights into hours worked (March 2023)

Insights into hours worked (February 2023)

Insights into hours worked (January 2023)

Insights into hours worked (December 2022)

Insights into hours worked (November 2022)

Insights into hours worked (October 2022)

Insights into hours worked (September 2022)

Insights into hours worked (August 2022)

Insights into hours worked (July 2022)

Insight into hours worked (June 2022)

Insight into hours worked (May 2022)

Insight into hours worked (April 2022)

Insights into hours worked (March 2022)

Insights into hours worked (February 2022)

Insights into hours worked (January 2022)

Insights into hours worked (December 2021)

Insights into hours worked (November 2021)

Insights into hours worked (October 2021)

Insights into hours worked (September 2021)

Insights into hours worked (August 2021)

Insights into hours worked (July 2021)

Insights into hours worked (June 2021)

Insights into hours worked (May 2021)

Insights into hours worked (April 2021)

Insights into hours worked (March 2021)

How many people work one hour a week? (March 2021)

Insights into hours worked (February 2021)

Insights into hours worked (January 2021)

Insights into hours worked (December 2020)

Insights into hours worked (November 2020)

Insights into hours worked (October 2020)

Insights into hours worked (September 2020)

Insights into hours worked (August 2020)

State and territory employment and hours worked (August 2020)

Insights into hours worked (July 2020)

Insights into hours worked (June 2020)

Hours not worked - Hours-based measures of unemployment and underemployment (May 2020)

Insights into hours worked (May 2020)

People working fewer hours (April 2020)

Insights into hours worked (April 2020)

Reasons for working fewer hours (March 2020)

Insights into hours worked (March 2020)

Insights into detailed Labour Force Survey hours worked data (February 2020)

Revisions to monthly hours worked in all jobs (July 2016)

 

Regional estimates

Further refinements to modelled SA4 level Labour Force estimates using administrative data (October 2023)

Improving SA4 level estimates from the Labour Force Survey using administrative data models (June 2023)

Impacts on the Australian labour market: A regional perspective (April 2020)

Advice on reporting regional labour force data (December 2017)

Analysis of changes to Labour Force regional estimates (February 2014)

LFS content and output

ABS Labour Statistics: A broad range of information (July 2019)

500th issue of 6202.0 (January 2018)

Labour Force Survey pivot tables (August 2017)

Expanded education data from the Labour Force Survey (August 2016)

Change to Status in Employment output (July 2015)

Forthcoming improvements to the content of the Labour Force and Labour Supplementary Surveys (January 2013)

Upcoming changes to the Labour Force Survey (July 2012)

Labour Household Surveys content review (June 2012)

Methodology

A Rao-Yu model for small area estimation of labour force statistics (October 2023)

Major Rebenchmarking of Labour Force Estimates (November 2022)

Improvement to the trending method for Labour Force rates and ratios (October 2019)

Assessing volatility in Labour Force statistics (July 2019)

On-line collection in the Labour Force Survey (April 2019)

Annual seasonal re-analysis (March 2019)

Improvements to trend estimation (March 2018)

Major re-benchmarking of Labour Force series (October 2017)

Changes to filter lengths used in labour statistics (February 2017)

Update on recommendation 7 from the independent technical review (November 2015)

Progress with recommendations from the independent technical review (July 2015)

Update on recommendations 10 and 11 from the independent technical review (June 2015)

Update on recommendation 7 from the independent technical review (May 2015)

Update on recommendations from the independent technical review (March 2015)

Rebenchmarking Labour Force estimates (February 2015)

Independent technical review into the Labour Force Survey (November 2014)

Removing the effect of supplementary surveys from seasonally adjusted estimates (October 2014)

Rebenchmarking Labour Force estimates to the 2011 Census (January 2014)

New Labour Force sample design (May 2013)

Transition to online collection of the Labour Force survey (April 2013)

Rebenchmarking of Labour Force series (November 2012)

Population benchmarks and Labour Force Survey (April 2012)

Historical revisions (February 2011)

Impact of the floods on the Labour Force Survey (January 2011)

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 6202.0.

Methodology

Labour Force, Australia methodology, October 2023

Media releases