NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | | Oct 2006 | Nov 2006 | Oct 06 to Nov 06 | Nov 05 to Nov 06 |
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| Trend | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 10 281.7 | 10 289.4 | 7.7 | | 2.6 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 504.2 | 500.5 | -3.7 | | -8.5 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | pts | -0.5 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 64.9 | 64.8 | 0.0 | pts | 0.4 | pts |
| Seasonally Adjusted | | | | | | |
| Employed persons ('000) | 10 252.6 | 10 288.7 | 36.2 | | 2.5 | % |
| Unemployed persons ('000) | 496.3 | 499.2 | 2.9 | | -7.4 | % |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | pts | -0.5 | pts |
| Participation rate (%) | 64.6 | 64.8 | 0.1 | pts | 0.3 | pts |
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Employed Persons
| Unemployment rate
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NOVEMBER KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
- EMPLOYMENT increased to 10,289,400
- UNEMPLOYMENT decreased to 500,500
- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE decreased to 4.6%
- PARTICIPATION RATE decreased to 64.8%
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)
EMPLOYMENT
- increased by 36,200 to 10,288,700. Full-time employment increased by 57,400 to 7,362,400 and part-time employment decreased by 21,200 to 2,926,400.
UNEMPLOYMENT
- increased by 2,900 to 499,200. The number of persons looking for full-time work increased by 3,500 to 357,900 and the number of persons looking for part-time work decreased marginally to 141,400.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
- remained at 4.6%. The male unemployment rate remained at 4.5% and the female unemployment rate decreased to 4.7%.
PARTICIPATION RATE
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| December 2006 | 11 January 2007 |
| January 2007 | 8 February 2007 |
| February 2007 | 15 March 2007 |
| March 2007 | 12 April 2007 |
| April 2007 | 10 May 2007 |
| May 2007 | 7 June 2007 |
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 27 and 28.
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 October and November 2006 |
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| Monthly change | 95% Confidence interval | |
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| Total Employment | 36 200 | -16 200 | to | 88 600 | |
| Total Unemployment | 2 900 | -22 900 | to | 28 700 | |
| Unemployment rate | 0.0 pts | -0.2 pts | to | 0.2 pts | |
| Participation rate | 0.1 pts | -0.3 pts | to | 0.5 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 Rebecca Cash on Canberra (02) 6252 6525.
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