JUNE KEY FIGURES

		May 2011	Jun 2011	May 11 to Jun 11		Jun 10 to Jun 11
Trend
	Employed persons ('000)	11 443.7	11 447.5	3.8		2.0	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	589.5	589.1	-0.4		-4.6	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	4.9	4.9	0.0	pts	-0.3	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.6	65.5	0.0	pts	0.2	pts
Seasonally Adjusted
	Employed persons ('000)	11 431.7	11 455.2	23.4		2.0	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	593.6	591.0	-2.6		-2.6	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	4.9	4.9	0.0	pts	-0.2	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.5	65.6	0.0	pts	0.2	pts

Employed Persons

Unemployment Rate

JUNE KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased to 11,447,500.
• Unemployment decreased to 589,100.
• Unemployment rate steady at 4.9%.
• Participation rate at 65.5%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased to 1,606.6 million hours.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 23,400 (0.2%) to 11,455,200. Full-time employment increased 59,000 to 8,082,100 and part-time employment decreased 35,600 to 3,373,000.
• Unemployment decreased 2,600 (0.4%) to 591,000. The number of persons looking for full-time work decreased 6,500 to 415,500 and the number of persons looking for part-time work increased 3,800 to 175,400.
• The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.9%. The male unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 4.6% and the female unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.2%.
• The participation rate increased to 65.6%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 8.8 million hours to 1,611.5 million hours.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
July 2011	11 August 2011
August 2011	8 September 2011
September 2011	13 October 2011
October 2011	10 November 2011
November 2011	8 December 2011
December 2011	19 January 2012

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 ERROR

The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and the movements derived from them are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of this variability (see pages 34 and 35). 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 MAY 2011 AND JUNE 2011
	Monthly change	95% Confidence interval
Total Employment	23 400	-31 200	to	78 000
Total Unemployment	-2 600	-33 600	to	28 400
Unemployment rate	0.0 pts	-0.2 pts	to	0.2 pts
Participation rate	0.0 pts	-0.4 pts	to	0.4 pts

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070, email client.services@abs.gov.au or Labour Force on Canberra (02) 6252 6525, email labourforce@abs.gov.au\>.