Labour Force, Australia, Detailed

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Detailed monthly and quarterly Labour Force Survey data, including hours, regions, families, job search, job duration, casual, industry and occupation

Reference period
March 2024
Released
24/04/2024

About this release

Data from the monthly Labour Force Survey are released in two stages:

  1. Labour Force, Australia - which contains headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked
  2. Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - which contains detailed data not included in the first release

This second release of Labour Force Survey data includes the latest detailed monthly and quarterly data. Some information, including industry, occupation, sector, job duration, and retrenchment, is only available for February, May, August and November.

As a result, in the 'non-quarter' months, the quarterly spreadsheets and datacubes have a different reference period. For example, the May issue contains May monthly and May quarterly data, while the July issue will contain July monthly and May quarterly data.

For more information on the data contained in the first and second releases, see the Survey output section of the Labour Force Survey Methodology page.

Release of modelled regional labour force estimates

This release contains new monthly modelled SA4 level estimates, which provide a better picture of regional employment and unemployment than the existing regional data. The ABS recommends using the modelled estimates over the direct survey estimates when reporting on employment and unemployment rates for regional labour markets. The modelled estimates will be added as additional information a week after each release of Labour Force, Australia, Detailed. The ABS is working towards release on the same day, without the one week delay, later in 2024.

  • The Labour market regions (SA4) section below now includes data download 'MRM1 - Modelled estimates of labour force status, by SA4 (ASGS)'. This contains regional labour force data dating back to July 2016 for unemployment estimates and January 2020 for employment estimates.

To support these new modelled estimates:

Using regional labour force estimates

Labour force status

Monthly (March)

Data files

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Industry, Occupation and Sector

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Hours worked

Monthly (March)

Data files

Unemployment

Monthly (March)

Data files

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Underemployment and underutilisation

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Status in employment

Monthly (March)

Data files

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Modelled labour market regions (SA4)

MRM1 - Modelled estimates of labour force status, by SA4 (ASGS)

The ABS recommends using the modelled estimates in MRM1 over the direct survey estimates whenever possible in reporting on employment and unemployment rates for regional labour markets.

Note that these modelled estimates will be added as additional information a week after the direct survey estimates below. The ABS is working towards release on the same day, without the one week delay, later in 2024.

Labour market regions (SA4)

Monthly (March)

Data files

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Relationship in household

Monthly (March)

Data files

Current and expected job duration

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Retrenchment

Quarterly (February)

Data files

Not in the labour force

Monthly (March)

Data files

All data downloads

All monthly time series spreadsheets

All monthly pivot tables

All quarterly time series spreadsheets

All quarterly pivot tables

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue numbers:

Detailed Labour Force data were also previously published in:

Post release changes

02/05/2024 Modelled regional estimates have been added to the 'Labour market regions (SA4)' section. This includes monthly modelled estimates by labour force status, by SA4 from July 2016 to March 2024.

The Using regional labour force data collapsible section has been updated with new advice.

09/05/2024 – Updated the ‘Using regional labour force estimates’ section to provide advice on estimates at the Greater Capital City Statistical Areas level. 

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