SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | | Aug 2007 | Sep 2007 | Aug 07 to Sep 07 | Sep 06 to Sep 07 |
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| Trend | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 10 506.7 | 10 522.6 | 16.0 | | 2.6 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 466.0 | 465.1 | -0.9 | | -6.9 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 4.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | pts | -0.4 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 65.0 | 65.0 | 0.0 | pts | 0.3 | pts |
| Seasonally Adjusted | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 10 514.5 | 10 527.5 | 13.0 | | 2.5 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 472.3 | 460.7 | -11.6 | | -8.4 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 4.3 | 4.2 | -0.1 | pts | -0.5 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 65.1 | 65.0 | -0.1 | pts | 0.1 | pts |
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Employed Persons
| Unemployment rate
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SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
- EMPLOYMENT increased to 10,522,600
- UNEMPLOYMENT decreased to 465,100
- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE remained at 4.2%
- PARTICIPATION RATE remained at 65.0%
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
EMPLOYMENT
- increased by 13,000 to 10,527,500. Full-time employment decreased by 17,200 to 7,522,200 and part-time employment increased by 30,100 to 3,005,300.
UNEMPLOYMENT
- decreased by 11,600 to 460,700. The number of persons looking for full-time work decreased by 7,100 to 309,000 and the number of persons looking for part-time work decreased by 4,500 to 151,700.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
- decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.2%. The male unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 3.8%, and the female unemployment rate remained at 4.7%.
PARTICIPATION RATE
- decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 65.0%.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| October 2007 | 8 November 2007 |
| November 2007 | 13 December 2007 |
| December 2007 | 17 January 2008 |
| January 2008 | 14 February 2008 |
| February 2008 | 13 March 2008 |
| March 2008 | 10 April 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 August and September 2007 |
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| Monthly change | 95% Confidence interval |
| | | | |
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| Total Employment | 13 000 | -34 000 | to | 60 000 |
| Total Unemployment | -11 600 | -35 800 | to | 12 600 |
| Unemployment rate | -0.1 pt | -0.3 pts | to | 0.1 pt |
| Participation rate | -0.1 pt | -0.3 pts | to | 0.1 pt |
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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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