JUNE KEY FIGURES
 | | May 2007 | Jun 2007 | May 07 to Jun 07 | Jun 06 to Jun 07 |
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| Trend | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 10 438.0 | 10 454.5 | 16.5 | | 2.7 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 472.7 | 468.5 | -4.3 | | -8.2 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | pts | -0.5 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 64.9 | 64.9 | 0.0 | pts | 0.3 | pts |
| Seasonally Adjusted | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 10 457.2 | 10 459.8 | 2.5 | | 2.8 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 463.9 | 472.0 | 8.1 | | -8.2 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 4.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 | pts | -0.5 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 65.0 | 64.9 | 0.0 | pts | 0.3 | pts |
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Employed Persons
| Unemployment rate
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JUNE KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
- EMPLOYMENT increased to 10,454,500
- UNEMPLOYMENT decreased to 468,500
- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE remained at 4.3%
- PARTICIPATION RATE remained at 64.9%
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
EMPLOYMENT
- increased by 2,500 to 10,459,800. Full-time employment decreased by 34,300 to 7,495,400 and part-time employment increased by 36,900 to 2,964,400.
UNEMPLOYMENT
- increased by 8,100 to 472,000. The number of persons looking for full-time work increased by 4,400 to 330,600 and the number of persons looking for part-time work increased by 3,800 to 141,400.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
- increased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.3%. The male unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point but the rounded estimate remained at 3.9%, and the female unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.8%.
PARTICIPATION RATE
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| July 2007 | 9 August 2007 |
| August 2007 | 6 September 2007 |
| September 2007 | 11 October 2007 |
| October 2007 | 8 November 2007 |
| November 2007 | 13 December 2007 |
| December 2007 | 17 January 2008 |
ROUNDING
Estimates of monthly change shown on the front cover have been calculated using unrounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded estimates. The graphs on the front cover also depict unrounded estimates.
SAMPLING ERRORS
The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Because the entire population is not enumerated, the published estimates and the movements derived from them are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of this variability and appear on pages 28 and 29.
The 95% confidence intervals below provide another way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates from sample surveys. The interval bounded by the two limits is the 95% confidence interval. A 95% confidence interval has a 95% chance of including the true value of the estimate.
Movements in seasonally adjusted series between May and June 2007 |
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| Monthly change | 95% Confidence interval | |
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| Total Employment | 2 500 | -44 300 | to | 49 300 | |
| Total Unemployment | 8 100 | -16 100 | to | 32 300 | |
| Unemployment rate | 0.1 pts | -0.1 pts | to | 0.3 pts | |
| Participation rate | 0.0 pts | -0.2 pts | to | 0.2 pts | |
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INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Bjorn Jarvis on Canberra (02) 6252 6525.
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