CIVILIAN LABOUR FORCE BY REGION
Based on original estimates, the Victorian labour force increased by 96,300 people (3.4%) between December 2008 and December 2009. During this period, both the number of employed and unemployed people increased - by 77,500 (2.9%) and 18,800 (14.2%) respectively. The number of people employed full-time and part-time increased by 33,700 (1.8%) and by 43,800 (5.4%) respectively. The Victorian unemployment rate increased from 4.7% to 5.2% over the same period.
In the Melbourne Major Statistical Region (MSR), there was an increase in both employment (50,500) and unemployment (19,100), resulting in the labour force growing by 69,600 people (3.3%). However, in the Balance of Victoria MSR, an increase of 27,100 in employment was offset by a slight decrease in unemployment (300). Over the year, the number of unemployed people in the Melbourne MSR increased by 20.4%, while a decrease of 0.8% was recorded in the Balance of Victoria MSR.
The labour force participation rate increased from 66.1% to 66.8% in the Melbourne MSR and from 62.1% to 63.4% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.
The proportion of employed people who worked full-time decreased from 71.1% to 70.3% in the Melbourne MSR and from 66.4% to 65.9% in the Balance of Victoria MSR.
Within the Balance of Victoria MSR, the Goulburn-Ovens-Murray Statistical Region (SR) (21,600) recorded the largest increase in employment, followed by the Barwon-Western District SR (4,200) and the Central Highlands-Wimmera SR (2,600), with falls in employment recorded in the Loddon-Mallee SR (-1,100) and the All Gippsland SR (-200).
View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Civilian labour force, By Statistical Region (file size 73kB).
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