LABOUR

Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: labour force status; unemployment rate; participation rate; full-time and part-time status; occupation in current job; occupation before arrival in Australia; industry in current job; time spent looking for work; and steps taken to find work.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related terms unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Labour Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	Labour Force 2007	Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants 2004	Job Search Experience 2006	Education and Work 2006
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of last residence		x
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x	x	x
Age on arrival in Australia		x
Proficiency in spoken English		x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home		x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship		x
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category		x
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected economic characteristics			x

MORE DETAILED SOURCE INFORMATION

Labour Force, Australia, 2007

3415.0 Migrants, Labour Force, Australia, 2007 (1173B, xls)
Main Features for source product - Labour Force, Australia, Feb 2007 (cat. no. 6202.0)

Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, 2004

3415.0 Migrants, Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, 2004 (348kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia, Nov 2004 (cat. no. 6250.0)

Job Search Experience, 2006

3415.0 Migrants, Job Search Experience, 2006 (272kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Job Search Experience, Australia, Jul 2006 (cat. no. 6222.0)

Education and Work, 2006

3415.0 Migrants, Education and Work, 2006 (325kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Education and Work, Australia, May 2006 (cat. no. 6227.0)