AUGUST KEY FIGURES
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| | Jul 19 | Aug 19 | Jul 19 to Aug 19 | Aug 18 to Aug 19 |
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Trend | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 12,899.1 | 12,921.1 | 22.0 | 2.5% |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 713.0 | 715.7 | 2.7 | 3.2% |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 5.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Underemployment rate (%) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.0 pts | 0.1 pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 66.1 | 66.2 | 0.1 pts | 0.6 pts |
| Monthly hours worked in all jobs ('000 000) | 1,776.9 | 1,778.5 | 1.6 | 1.7% |
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Seasonally Adjusted | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 12,892.2 | 12,926.9 | 34.7 | 2.5% |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 712.7 | 716.8 | 4.1 | 2.2% |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 5.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Underemployment rate (%) | 8.4 | 8.6 | 0.1 pts | 0.4 pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 66.1 | 66.2 | 0.1 pts | 0.5 pts |
| Monthly hours worked in all jobs ('000 000) | 1,778.6 | 1,782.6 | 3.9 | 2.0% |
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EMPLOYED PERSONS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
AUGUST KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES |
- Employment increased by 22,000 to 12,921,100 persons. Full-time employment increased by 7,200 to 8,828,400 persons and part-time employment increased by 14,700 to 4,092,700 persons.
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- Unemployment increased by 2,700 to 715,700 persons.
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- Unemployment rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 5.3%.
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- Participation rate increased by 0.1 pts to 66.2%.
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- Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 1.6 million hours to 1,778.5 million hours.
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES |
- Employment increased by 34,700 to 12,926,900 persons. Full-time employment decreased by 15,500 to 8,818,000 persons and part-time employment increased by 50,200 to 4,108,900 persons.
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- Unemployment increased by 4,100 to 716,800 persons.
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- Unemployment rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 5.3%.
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- Participation rate increased by 0.1 pts to 66.2%.
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- Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 3.9 million hours to 1,782.6 million hours.
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LABOUR UNDERUTILISATION |
- The monthly trend underemployment rate remained steady at 8.5%. The monthly underutilisation rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 13.8%.
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- The monthly seasonally adjusted underemployment rate increased by 0.1 pts to 8.6%. The monthly underutilisation rate increased by 0.1 pts to 13.8%.
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NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
Issue | Release Date |
September 2019 | 17 October 2019 |
October 2019 | 14 November 2019 |
November 2019 | 19 December 2019 |
December 2019 | 23 January 2020 |
January 2020 | 20 February 2020 |
February 2020 | 19 March 2020 |
UPDATE ON QUARTERLY REBENCHMARKING
The ABS has revised the original Labour Force series for the previous 19 months to reflect the latest available preliminary and final estimates of Estimated Resident Population. This process ensures that the Labour Force series promptly reflects any change in population trends and minimises the size of revisions that can occur when the series are rebenchmarked following each Census of Population and Housing. It is expected that, on most occasions, the quarterly revisions will not be significant.
For further information about rebenchmarking, refer to the Rebenchmarking Labour Force Estimates article published in the February 2015 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0). |
REVIEW OF SOME RETIREMENT AND RETIREMENT INTENTIONS CONTENT
The ABS is currently undertaking a review of some of the survey content collected as part of the Multi-Purpose Household Survey. If you are currently using the current income component within
Retirement and Retirement Intentions (cat. no. 6238.0), please contact us at labour.statistics@abs.gov.au.
ROUNDING
Estimates of changes in the commentary have been calculated using un-rounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movement obtained from the rounded estimates. Graphs also depict un-rounded estimates.
SAMPLING ERROR
The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and movements are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of sampling variability. The interval bounded by two standard errors is the 95% confidence interval, which provides a way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates. There is a 95% chance that the true value of the estimate lies within that interval.
MOVEMENTS IN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES BETWEEN JULY 2019 AND AUGUST 2019
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| Monthly change | | 95% Confidence interval |
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Total Employment | 34 700 | | -26 300 | to | 95 700 |
Total Unemployment | 4 100 | | -32 900 | to | 41 100 |
Unemployment rate | 0.0 pts | | -0.2 pts | to | 0.2 pts |
Participation rate | 0.1 pts | | -0.3 pts | to | 0.5 pts |
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