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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Nov 2005	Aug 2005 to Nov 2005	Nov 2004 to Nov 2005
		'000	% change	% change
Trend estimates
	Private sector	117.9	-4.2	-4.1
	Public sector	15.4	-0.1	2.2
	Private and public sectors	133.3	-3.8	-3.5

Job Vacancies, Trend

• Total job vacancies in November 2005 were 133,300, a decrease of 3.8% from August 2005.
• The number of job vacancies in the private sector was 117,900 in November 2005, a decrease of 4.2% from August 2005.
• The number of job vacancies in the public sector was 15,400 in November 2005, a decrease of 0.1% from August 2005.

From the February 2006 issue of this publication, the ABS will use concurrent seasonal adjustment in the Job Vacancies Survey (JVS), replacing the forward factor adjustment method currently used to produce seasonally adjusted estimates. Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses original data up to and including the current quarter to update seasonal factors each quarter, whereas the forward factors adjustment method only updates seasonal factors annually.

As a result of the quarterly updating of seasonal factors, seasonally adjusted estimates will be revised each quarter under the concurrent adjustment method, compared with annual revisions under the forward factor method. However, the degree of revision will generally be less under the concurrent adjustment method (i.e. initial seasonally adjusted estimates will be closer on average to their final values), as any change in seasonality will be picked up sooner.

SAMPLING ERROR

For information on sampling error, including standard errors for original estimates contained in this publication, see the Technical Note.

INQUIRIES

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TABLES

1. JOB VACANCIES, States and territories
		Original									Seasonally Adjusted	Trend
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia	Australia
VACANCIES ('000)
2004
	August	40.5	33.5	27.7	*7.0	12.4	1.4	2.0	3.1	127.6	123.9	129.3
	November	45.3	34.1	28.7	7.5	13.1	2.1	2.8	3.5	137.1	137.3	138.1
2005
	February	48.2	33.0	35.4	8.8	15.3	2.6	2.3	4.0	149.5	147.4	143.2
	May	41.2	31.6	34.9	7.4	14.5	1.9	2.3	4.0	137.8	143.3	143.1
	August	39.1	32.8	33.4	8.8	16.9	2.2	2.7	4.4	140.3	137.7	138.5
	November	45.4	30.2	24.1	8.7	15.8	2.3	2.1	3.9	132.6	132.5	133.3
CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER (%)
2004
	August	-7.3	9.4	10.4	15.0	17.5	-17.3	-18.7	23.0	4.0	-3.4	8.1
	November	12.0	1.7	3.7	7.2	5.9	46.4	39.5	12.7	7.4	10.8	6.8
2005
	February	6.2	-3.1	23.1	17.4	16.5	26.9	-18.3	13.4	9.1	7.4	3.7
	May	-14.5	-4.4	-1.3	-15.6	-4.9	-29.6	3.5	-1.2	-7.8	-2.8	-0.1
	August	-5.1	3.9	-4.4	18.4	16.5	20.1	16.4	10.7	1.8	-3.9	-3.2
	November	16.1	-8.1	-27.9	-0.1	-6.5	5.1	-22.5	-9.9	-5.5	-3.8	-3.8
CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR (%)
2003
	November	4.4	22.1	15.4	-22.6	22.8	-21.5	-28.6	29.8	10.0	9.6	2.0
2004
	November	24.6	26.9	18.5	86.1	46.0	29.3	99.2	57.6	29.7	29.2	31.4
2005
	November	0.1	-11.5	-16.2	17.2	20.7	12.7	-23.7	11.7	-3.3	-3.5	-3.5
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

2. JOB VACANCIES, Private sector - States and territories
		Original									Seasonally Adjusted	Trend
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia	Australia
VACANCIES ('000)
2004
	August	36.9	30.2	25.1	*6.0	11.4	1.1	1.2	*1.6	113.5	109.9	115.1
	November	42.0	30.8	26.2	6.1	11.4	1.7	1.8	1.7	121.6	121.9	123.0
2005
	February	44.6	29.3	32.8	8.0	14.0	2.1	1.2	2.1	134.2	132.0	127.8
	May	37.8	28.4	32.2	6.7	13.2	*1.1	1.2	2.0	122.7	128.1	127.7
	August	35.8	29.3	30.5	7.7	15.7	1.7	1.8	*2.2	124.6	122.1	123.1
	November	41.9	26.9	21.2	7.8	14.5	1.9	1.2	*1.9	117.3	117.3	117.9
CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER (%)
2004
	August	-7.2	9.1	10.1	11.0	19.8	-15.8	-22.6	6.8	3.6	-4.4	8.2
	November	13.7	1.8	4.3	1.5	0.3	57.2	47.3	6.7	7.1	11.0	6.9
2005
	February	6.3	-4.6	25.5	31.3	22.8	22.1	-33.1	25.7	10.4	8.2	3.9
	May	-15.3	-3.1	-1.9	-16.4	-5.7	-44.7	0.6	-6.1	-8.6	-3.0	-0.1
	August	-5.3	2.9	-5.3	15.8	18.3	47.3	49.1	9.9	1.6	-4.7	-3.6
	November	17.0	-8.0	-30.6	1.4	-7.4	12.9	-37.2	-11.1	-5.9	-3.9	-4.2
CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR (%)
2003
	November	8.9	26.1	17.6	-24.7	29.4	-26.2	-51.9	-10.5	12.7	12.3	4.1
2004
	November	28.3	28.5	19.8	80.5	46.8	27.5	214.0	189.7	32.0	31.4	33.7
2005
	November	-0.3	-12.5	-19.1	28.9	26.8	12.2	-37.0	15.3	-3.6	-3.8	-4.1
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution

3. JOB VACANCIES, Public sector - States and territories
		Original									Seasonally Adjusted	Trend
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia	Australia
VACANCIES ('000)
2004
	August	3.6	3.3	2.6	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.6	14.1	14.0	14.2
	November	3.3	3.3	2.6	1.4	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	15.5	15.4	15.1
2005
	February	3.5	3.7	2.6	0.8	1.2	0.6	1.0	1.9	15.3	15.4	15.4
	May	3.4	3.2	2.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	1.1	2.0	15.1	15.2	15.4
	August	3.3	3.5	2.9	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	15.7	15.6	15.4
	November	3.5	3.2	2.9	0.9	1.3	0.5	1.0	2.0	15.3	15.2	15.4
CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER (%)
2004
	August	-7.8	11.4	12.9	48.3	-3.6	-21.6	-11.2	45.0	6.9	5.2	7.7
	November	-5.8	0.2	-1.9	43.0	70.4	13.0	26.3	18.7	9.9	9.8	6.3
2005
	February	5.6	11.0	-0.7	-44.4	-26.5	47.5	10.5	2.2	-1.2	-0.5	2.3
	May	-3.4	-14.6	6.6	-6.8	4.1	24.2	6.9	4.3	-1.3	-0.7	0.2
	August	-3.6	12.0	6.6	42.9	-2.0	-22.8	-20.0	11.4	3.7	2.7	-0.3
	November	6.9	-8.6	-0.1	-11.5	5.2	-18.5	8.0	-8.7	-2.3	-2.7	-0.1
CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR (%)
2003
	November	-23.9	-2.9	-1.5	-9.4	-7.7	11.4	9.6	54.0	-5.3	-5.6	-11.1
2004
	November	-8.5	13.8	7.3	115.3	41.1	37.7	16.2	11.6	14.2	14.0	15.3
2005
	November	5.1	-3.0	12.8	-34.5	-21.2	15.1	2.1	8.5	-1.2	-1.3	2.2

4. JOB VACANCIES, Industry: Original
	2004		2005
	August	November	February	May	August	November
	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000	'000
Mining	1.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	4.1	3.7
Manufacturing	14.9	13.5	11.5	14.0	15.6	13.1
Electricity, gas and water supply	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.9	1.0
Construction	10.0	*7.3	9.7	*9.7	6.4	5.7
Wholesale trade	8.5	9.1	9.9	*6.6	*6.3	*5.0
Retail trade	18.9	21.2	24.3	21.1	25.9	22.6
Accommodation, cafes and restaurants	*4.5	8.8	8.6	6.3	*7.4	10.8
Transport and storage	*3.3	3.9	4.5	*4.5	3.9	2.7
Communication services	0.7	0.7	*1.1	0.6	0.4	0.4
Finance and insurance	5.5	5.9	6.1	7.4	*8.0	*8.2
Property and business services	30.6	31.2	35.4	31.9	28.5	29.3
Government administration and defence	5.2	6.8	7.1	6.3	7.6	7.9
Education	4.7	4.5	5.4	4.1	3.9	2.9
Health and community services	11.4	14.0	12.0	14.0	12.7	10.2
Cultural and recreational services	*2.1	2.5	*3.6	3.7	3.0	3.5
Personal and other services	*5.2	*4.6	*6.9	*4.0	*5.6	*5.6
All industries	127.6	137.1	149.5	137.8	140.3	132.6
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution