 | | | | | | % change from |
| Measure | Series type | Period | Current figure | Previous quarter(a) | Previous year(b) |
|
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 10 971.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Full-time | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 7 659.0 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Part-time | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 3 312.5 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| Part-time employment as a proportion of total employment | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 30.2 | (c)0.2 | (c)1.2 |
| Employment to population ratio | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 61.8 | (c)0.2 | (c)-0.2 |
| Males | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 68.4 | (c)0.3 | (c)0.0 |
| Females | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 55.3 | (c)0.0 | (c)-0.4 |
| Unemployed | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 614.7 | -4.3 | 3.2 |
| Looking for full-time work | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 446.0 | -6.0 | 4.6 |
| Looking for part-time work | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 168.7 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Unemployment rate | | | | | | |
| Persons | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 5.3 | (c)-0.3 | (c)0.1 |
| Long-term unemployment | | | | | | |
| Persons | '000 | Trend | Feb 10 | 109.4 | 3.3 | 41.1 |
| As a proportion of total unemployment | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 17.8 | (c)1.3 | (c)4.8 |
| Long-term unemployment rate | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 1.0 | (c)0.0 | (c)0.3 |
| Quarterly labour underutilisation rates | | | | | | |
| Unemployment rate(d) | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 5.4 | (c)-0.2 | (c)0.2 |
| Underemployment rate | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 7.7 | (c)-0.1 | (c)0.5 |
| Labour force underutilisation rate | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 13.0 | (c)-0.3 | (c)0.6 |
| Children living without an employed parent(e) | % | Original | Jun 09 | 15.1 | (c)na | (c)2.6 |
| Labour force participation rate | | | | | | |
| Persons aged 15-64 years | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 76.2 | (c)0.0 | (c)-0.3 |
| Total | % | Trend | Feb 10 | 65.2 | (c)0.0 | (c)-0.2 |
| Aggregate monthly hours | | | | | | |
| Persons | mill. hours | Trend | Feb 10 | 1 539.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Actual hours worked | | | | | | |
| Average weekly hours - Persons | hours | Original | Feb 10 | 26.9 | -15.9 | -4.7 |
| Average weekly hours - Full-time | hours | Original | Feb 10 | 32.4 | -17.0 | -3.9 |
| Average weekly hours - Part-time | hours | Original | Feb 10 | 13.7 | -12.9 | -1.0 |
| Part-time workers | | | | | | |
| Proportion who preferred to work more hours | % | Original | Feb 10 | 27.3 | (c)0.2 | (c)0.2 |
| Wage price index | | | | | | |
| Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | Trend | Sep qtr 2009 | 102.6 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| Average weekly earnings | | | | | | |
| Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | $ | Trend | Nov 09 | 1 223.30 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| All employees total earnings | $ | Trend | Nov 09 | 953.70 | 1.6 | 4.9 |
| Industrial disputes | | | | | | |
| Working days lost | '000 | Original | Dec qtr 2009 | 44.7 | 53.6 | 43.7 |
| Working days lost per 1,000 employees | number | Original | Dec qtr 2009 | 4.7 | 51.6 | 42.4 |
| Job vacancies(f) | | | | | | |
| 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 percentage points. |
| (d) The quarterly unemployment rate is compiled using data collected in the quarter months and may differ slightly from the official monthly unemployment rate. |
| (e) As a proportion of all children aged under 15 years. See the Explanatory Notes for information on family data. |
| (f) The Job Vacancies Survey was not conducted in 2008-09. The May issue of Job Vacancies, Australia (cat. no. 6354.0), released in June 2008, was the final issue for 2007-08. The survey was reinstated in 2009-10. |
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