NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Oct 2015	Nov 2015	Oct 15 to Nov 15		Nov 14 to Nov 15
Trend
	Employed persons ('000)	11 830.5	11 855.8	25.3		2.5	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	757.9	752.3	-5.5		-2.4	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	6.0	6.0	-0.1	pts	-0.3	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.1	65.1	0.0	pts	0.5	pts
Seasonally Adjusted
	Employed persons ('000)	11 829.3	11 900.6	71.4		3.0	%
	Unemployed persons ('000)	741.9	739.1	-2.8		-4.6	%
	Unemployment rate (%)	5.9	5.8	-0.1	pts	-0.4	pts
	Participation rate (%)	65.0	65.3	0.3	pts	0.7	pts

Employed Persons

Unemployment Rate

NOVEMBER KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased to 11,855,800.
• Unemployment decreased to 752,300.
• Unemployment rate decreased 0.1 pts to 6.0%, based on unrounded estimates.
• Participation rate remained steady at 65.1% from a revised October 2015 estimate.
• Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 4.6 million hours to 1,649.1 million hours.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 71,400 to 11,900,600. Full-time employment increased 41,600 to 8,205,800 and part-time employment increased 29,700 to 3,694,800.
• Unemployment decreased 2,800 to 739,100. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work decreased 9,400 to 517,400 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work increased 6,600 to 221,700.
• Unemployment rate decreased 0.1 pts to 5.8%.
• Participation rate increased 0.3 pts to 65.3%.
• Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 12.7 million hours (0.8%) to 1,645.9 million hours.

LABOUR UNDERUTILISATION (QUARTERLY CHANGE)

• Trend estimates: The labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.1 pts to 14.3%.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: The labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 14.3%, based on unrounded estimates. The male labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 12.3%. The female labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 16.6%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
December 2015	14 January 2016
January 2016	18 February 2016
February 2016	17 March 2016
March 2016	14 April 2016
April 2016	19 May 2016
May 2016	16 June 2016

WHAT'S NEW IN THE LABOUR FORCE

For details regarding the publication of quarterly rebenchmarked estimates and the release of new Labour Force products, refer to "What's new in the Labour Force". This issue also provides an update on recommendations from the independent technical review into the Labour Force Survey.


ROUNDING

Estimates of changes shown on the front cover and used in the commentary have been calculated using unrounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movement 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 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 OCTOBER 2015 AND NOVEMBER 2015
	Monthly change	95% Confidence interval
Total Employment	71 400	13 000	to	129 800
Total Unemployment	-2 800	-39 800	to	34 200
Unemployment rate	-0.1 pts	-0.5 pts	to	0.3 pts
Participation rate	0.3 pts	-0.1 pts	to	0.7 pts

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