 | | | | | | % CHANGE FROM | |
| Measure | Series type | Period | Current figure | Previous quarter(a) | Previous year(b) | |
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| Employed | | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 10 734.9 | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| Full-time | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 7 714.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| Part-time | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 3 020.7 | -0.6 | 1.6 | |
| Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 28.1 | (c)-0.3 | (c)-0.2 | |
| Unemployed | | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 474.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
| Looking for full-time work | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 325.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
| Looking for part-time work | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 149.0 | -0.6 | -2.1 | |
| Unemployment rate | | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 4.2 | (c)0.0 | (c)-0.1 | |
| Long-term unemployment | | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Aug 2008 | 66.6 | -5.2 | -5.6 | |
| As a proportion of total unemployment | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 14.0 | (c)-0.9 | (c)-0.9 | |
| Long-term unemployment rate | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 0.6 | (c)0.0 | (c)0.0 | |
| Quarterly labour underutilisation rates(d) | | | | | | | |
| Unemployment rate(e) | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 4.1 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.2 | |
| Underemployment rate | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 5.9 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.5 | |
| Labour force underutilisation rate(f) | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 9.9 | (c)-0.1 | (c)-0.7 | |
| Children living without an employed parent(g) | % | Original | Jun 2008 | 12.7 | na | (c)-1.0 | |
| Labour force participation rate(g) | | | | | | | |
| Persons aged 15-64 years | % | Original | Aug 2008 | 75.8 | (c)-0.7 | (c)0.1 | |
| Total | % | Trend | Aug 2008 | 65.2 | (c)0.0 | (c)0.2 | |
| Actual hours worked | | | | | | | |
| Aggregate weekly hours | mill. hours | Original | Aug 2008 | 367.7 | -0.4 | 2.1 | |
| Average weekly hours - Persons | hours | Original | Aug 2008 | 34.5 | -0.4 | -0.2 | |
| Average weekly hours - Full-time | hours | Original | Aug 2008 | 41.3 | -1.0 | -0.5 | |
| Average weekly hours - Part-time | hours | Original | Aug 2008 | 17.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Part-time workers | | | | | | | |
| Proportion who preferred to work more hours | % | Original | Aug 2008 | 21.6 | (c)-0.8 | (c)-1.1 | |
| Wage price index | | | | | | | |
| Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | Original | Jun qtr 2008 | 118.7 | 0.9 | 4.2 | |
| Average weekly earnings | | | | | | | |
| Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | $ | Trend | May 2008 | 1 132.20 | 0.9 | 4.0 | |
| All employees total earnings | $ | Trend | May 2008 | 891.10 | 0.6 | 2.8 | |
| Compensation of employees | | | | | | | |
| Household income account | $m | Trend | Jun qtr 2008 | 137 356 | 1.6 | 6.6 | |
| Average earnings (National Accounts basis nominal) per week | $ | Trend | Jun qtr 2008 | 1 114 | 1.0 | 3.7 | |
| Industrial disputes | | | | | | | |
| Working days lost | '000 | Original | Jun qtr 2008 | 86.5 | 102.3 | 1 113.4 | |
| Working days lost per 1,000 employees | number | Original | Jun qtr 2008 | 9.2 | 100.5 | 1 086.4 | |
| Job vacancies(h) | | | | | | | |
| Australia | '000 | Trend | May 2008 | 183.6 | 1.1 | 9.0 | |
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| na not available |
| (a) Same period previous quarter (monthly data is presented for the middle month of each quarter). |
| (b) Same period previous year. |
| (c) Change is in precentage points. |
| (d) See the Glossary for further explanation of labour underutilisation rates. |
| (e) The quarterly unemployment rate is compiled using data collected in the quarter months and may differ slightly from the official monthly unemployment rate. |
| (f) Discrepancies may occur due to rounding. |
| (g) As a proportion of all children aged under 15 years. See the Explanatory Notes for information on family data. |
| (h) The Job Vacancies Survey will not be conducted in 2008-09. The May issue of the publication Job Vacancies, Australia (cat. no. 6354.0), released in June 2008, was the final issue for 2008-09. The survey may be reinstated in 2009-10. |
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