6354.0 - Job Vacancies, Australia, Aug 2013 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/09/2013   
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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

Aug 2013
May 2013 to Aug 2013
Aug 2012 to Aug 2013
'000
% change
% change
Trend Estimates
Private sector
126.5
-4.1
-21.2
Public sector
11.4
0.9
-15.9
Private and public sectors
137.9
-3.7
-20.8


Graph Image for Job Vacancies, Total and Private sector - Trend(a)

Footnote(s): (a) Survey was suspended from August 2008 to August 2009 inclusive.

Source(s): Job Vacancies Australia (cat. no. 6354.0)



AUGUST KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES
  • Total job vacancies in August 2013 were 137,900, a decrease of 3.7% from May 2013.
  • The number of job vacancies in the private sector was 126,500 in August 2013, a decrease of 4.1% from May 2013.
  • The number of job vacancies in the public sector was 11,400 in August 2013, an increase of 0.9% from May 2013.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
November 2013 8 January 2014
February 2014 27 March 2014


ROUNDING

Estimates of percentage change shown in this publication have been calculated using unrounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from calculating percentage change using the rounded estimates presented in the Tables and the datacubes on the Downloads tab.

INQUIRIES

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