4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2003

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National summary tables

LABOUR FORCE

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

1	Total labour force	'000	8,514	8,569	8,690	8,881	9,061	9,169	9,256	9,395	9,574	9,755	9,889
2	Females - of total labour force	%	41.9	41.9	42.3	42.7	43.0	43.1	43.2	43.3	43.6	43.9	44.0
3	Participation rate	%	62.9	62.6	62.7	63.3	63.6	63.4	63.1	63.1	63.4	63.7	63.7
4	Males	%	74.3	73.8	73.6	r73.7	73.8	73.4	72.9	72.8	72.5	72.5	72.4
5	Females	%	51.9	51.7	52.2	53.2	53.8	53.8	53.6	53.8	54.5	r55.1	55.3
6	Females with children aged 0-4	%	46.6	r47.6	46.1	49.3	47.4	47.7	48.2	47.1	49.3	49.8	49.2
7	Persons aged 15-19	%	55.7	r55.0	55.8	r58.7	r59.1	r58.9	r57.6	r58.2	59.3	r60.0	59.6
8	Persons aged 20-24	%	r82.5	r82.0	82.1	r82.7	83.0	82.5	r81.9	r82.1	82.2	r82.2	81.8
9	Median age of male labour force	years	r36	r36	r36	r36	r37	r37	r37	r37	r37	38	38
10	Median age of female labour force	years	r34	r35	r35	r35	r36	r36	r36	r36	r37	r37	37

EMPLOYED PEOPLE

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

11	Total employed	'000	7,659	7,655	7,802	8,113	8,324	8,404	8,519	8,703	8,940	9,130	9,232
12	Proportion of the total population in work	%	44.0	43.5	43.9	45.2	45.7	45.6	45.7	46.2	46.9	47.4	47.3
	Part-time work
13	Persons employed part-time - of total employed	%	23.1	23.7	r23.9	24.5	24.7	25.3	25.7	26.1	26.3	26.7	27.9
14	Males employed part-time - of total males employed	%	9.8	10.3	10.5	11.0	11.1	11.8	12.1	12.6	12.6	13.4	14.4
15	Females employed part-time - of total females employed	%	r41.3	r41.8	42.2	42.6	42.6	43.1	43.5	43.6	r43.8	43.6	45.2
16	Females employed part-time - of total part-time employed	%	75.6	75.0	74.9	74.5	74.5	73.6	73.3	72.6	72.9	71.9	71.3
17	Average hours worked per week by persons employed part-time	hours	r14.9	r14.9	r15.0	15.3	15.2	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.7	r15.7	15.8
18	Persons employed part-time who prefer more hours - of all part-time employed	%	26.4	29.2	28.3	26.1	26.1	26.2	25.8	25.1	23.9	24.3	27.3
19	Persons employed part-time who worked 15 hours or less per week - of all part-time employed	%	r53.4	53.4	52.8	51.8	52.1	r51.2	50.8	50.8	49.8	49.6	49.2
	Full-time work
20	Average hours worked per week by persons employed full-time	hours	40.6	40.3	40.7	40.9	40.5	41.0	41.2	41.1	41.4	40.7	40.8
21	Persons employed full-time working 50 hours or more per week - of all full-time employed	%	22.1	22.4	23.7	24.3	23.7	r24.3	24.9	24.9	25.5	23.9	24.3
22	Employees without leave entitlements - of all employees	%	22.3	22.7	23.7	24.0	26.1	25.8	26.9	26.4	27.3	r27.2	27.3
23	Males employed without leave entitlements - of all male employees	%	15.6	16.4	18.1	18.5	21.2	20.9	22.6	22.0	23.0	r23.6	23.5
24	Females employed without leave entitlements - of all female employees	%	30.9	30.6	30.8	30.8	32.0	31.7	32.0	31.8	32.3	r31.5	31.6
25	Employers and own account workers - of total employed	%	15.0	15.2	15.2	14.6	14.6	13.9	14.3	13.6	13.5	13.2	13.2
	Industry
26	Employed in service industries - of total employed	%	71.1	70.8	71.0	r71.7	r72.3	72.6	r72.9	r73.6	73.1	73.7	74.0
27	Employed in manufacturing industry - of total employed	%	14.2	14.3	14.1	13.8	13.4	13.5	r13.3	12.5	12.5	12.5	11.9
	Occupation
28	Employed in highest skill (ASCO Skill Level 1) occupations(a) - of total employed	%	24.6	24.9	24.9	24.7	24.8	24.5	25.1	25.2	25.1	25.5	26.3
29	Employed in lowest skill (ASCO Skill Level 5) occupations(a) - of total employed	%	22.1	21.8	22.0	22.0	21.8	20.4	20.4	20.3	19.7	19.6	19.0
30	Females - of all employed in highest skill (ASCO Skill Level 1) occupations(a)	%	34.7	34.9	35.0	35.0	35.5	41.4	41.2	40.8	41.9	42.5	42.3

WORKPLACE RELATIONS

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

31	Trade union members - of all employees	%	39.6	37.6	35.0	32.7	31.1	30.3	28.1	25.7	24.7	24.5	23.1
32	Working days lost due to industrial disputes (per 1,000 employees)	days	147	100	76	79	131	75	72	87	61	50	32
33	Pay set by collective agreements - of all employees	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	36.7	n.a.	38.2
34	Pay set by individual agreements - of all employees	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	40.0	n.a.	41.3

UNEMPLOYMENT

			Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

35	Total unemployed		'000	854.8	914.1	888.5	768.6	736.5	764.9	737.8	691.7	634.5	625.5	656.8
36	Long-term unemployed - of total unemployed		%	27.4	33.7	34.6	32.3	27.5	27.0	29.3	29.7	26.7	23.4	19.5
37	Long-term unemployed - of total labour force		%	2.8	3.6	3.5	2.8	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2	1.8	1.5	1.3
38	Unemployment rate		%	10.0	10.7	10.2	8.7	8.1	8.3	8.0	7.4	6.6	6.4	6.6
39		Males	%	10.6	r11.5	10.7	8.9	8.5	8.6	8.2	7.6	6.7	6.7	6.9
40		Females	%	9.3	9.6	r9.6	8.3	7.6	8.0	7.6	7.1	6.5	r6.1	6.3
41		Capital cities	%	10.1	10.7	10.1	8.7	8.1	8.2	7.6	6.7	6.3	6.1	6.3
42		Balance of states and territories	%	10.8	11.5	11.3	9.4	9.0	9.6	9.6	7.9	8.1	7.7	7.3
	Unemployed looking for full-time work
43		Of all persons aged 15-19	%	9.1	8.9	8.6	7.3	7.1	6.9	6.5	5.7	5.0	5.0	5.2
44		Of all persons aged 20-24	%	11.3	11.6	10.8	8.7	8.5	8.9	8.6	7.6	6.3	6.4	6.6
45	Median duration of unemployment - males		weeks	r30	r31	r30	r26	r22	r24	r24	r22	r21	r18	20
46	Median duration of unemployment - females		weeks	r23	r24	r22	21	r17	r17	r18	r15	r12	r17	14
47	Retrenchment rate		%	6.4	n.a.	5.4	n.a.	4.6	n.a.	4.4	n.a.	4.0	n.a.	3.9
48	Persons previously retrenched and currently employed - of all retrenched		%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	54.7	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	67.2	n.y.a.
	Labour force underutilisation
49	Labour force underutilisation rate		%	n.a.	n.a.	14.1	13.8	13.8	13.6	13.0	11.8	10.9	12.5	11.9
50	Extended labour force underutilisation rate		%	n.a.	n.a.	15.5	15.1	15.2	15.0	14.3	13.2	r12.2	13.6	13.0

NOT IN THE LABOUR FORCE

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

51	Marginally attached	'000	846.4	907.8	773.3	862.8	879.6	890.5	922.6	883.2	823.9	816.5	808.1
52	Discouraged jobseekers	'000	145.6	147.4	106.5	111.9	118.9	118.4	110.9	105.8	106.5	81.7	78.0

TRANSITION TO RETIREMENT

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

	Persons aged 55-64
53	Participation rate - males	%	61.6	60.8	61.3	61.4	60.8	60.5	60.4	60.9	60.8	61.1	61.8
54	Participation rate - females	%	25.2	25.6	27.3	27.9	30.1	31.1	31.6	32.0	34.6	36.1	38.4
55	Males employed part-time - of all employed males aged 55-64	%	13.0	12.8	12.4	13.5	13.1	13.8	14.7	14.9	13.9	15.8	16.3
56	Females employed part-time - of all employed females aged 55-64	%	49.9	50.1	50.2	50.7	49.8	51.2	49.6	51.0	51.3	51.3	52.3

(a) Australian Standard Classification of Occupation (ASCO) second edition was introduced in August 1996. Data prior to this date are concorded with ASCO second edition at the major group level.
Reference periods: All data are annual averages for the year ending 30 June except: labour force participation of females with children (June); median age of labour force (June); employees without leave entitlements (August); occupation and trade union membership (August); working days lost due to industrial disputes (year ending 31 December); pay set by collective and individual agreements (May); median duration of unemployment (June); retrenchment rate (February); persons previously retrenched and currently employed (July); labour force underutilisation (September); not in the labour force data (September).