Labour Force, Australia, April 2021

	Mar-21	Apr-21	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
Employed people	13,071,000	13,040,400	-30,600	-0.2%	637,900	5.1%
Unemployed people	789,900	756,200	-33,600	-4.3%	-89,100	-10.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%	-0.2 pts	na	-0.9 pts	na
Underemployment rate	8.0%	7.8%	-0.2 pts	na	-5.9 pts	na
Participation rate	66.3%	66.0%	-0.3 pts	na	2.4 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,806 million	1,793 million	-13 million	-0.7%	200 million	12.5%

Estimates of changes throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded level estimates and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded level estimates.

Survey impacts and changes

How the end of JobKeeper will be reflected in April and May Labour Force statistics

The end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy on 28 March 2021 was expected to result in some people losing their jobs or changing jobs, and reflected in Labour Force statistics for April and May 2021. The reference period for the April survey was 4-17 April, entirely after the end of JobKeeper.

However, analysis by the ABS of changes in employment and hours between March and April did not identify a clear aggregate impact from the end of JobKeeper. There were not large changes in the indicators that the ABS has been highlighting throughout the COVID period (eg. people working reduced or zero hours for economic reasons and flows out of employment across a broad range of population groups).

Some of the underlying movements in the labour market may include some people leaving employment at the end of JobKeeper, even if they did not result in a large discernible impact at the aggregate level. However, the underlying movements also appear to show signs of the usual month-to-month variation in the labour market and some larger than usual seasonal changes (similar to those in January 2021, particularly for hours worked).

In April, there were a range of scenarios for people who were in Job-Keeper supported jobs at the end of the program. Some people may have continued in their job beyond the end of March, some may have changed jobs, and others may have lost their job (and have no job).

The ABS categorises people as ‘employed’ or ‘not employed’ according the long-standing concepts and practices used in Labour Force statistics.

The Labour Force Survey questionnaire, which has not changed during the COVID period to avoid introducing measurement effects, does not specifically ask respondents whether they were supported by JobKeeper. The questionnaire starts with two key questions that identify whether the respondents were either employed:

Did you do any work at all in a job, business or farm last week?
Did you have a job, business or farm that you were away from because of holidays, sickness or any other reasons?

Anyone who indicated in April that they DID paid work after JobKeeper will have been considered ‘employed’. This could reflect that they remained in and were paid in their previously JobKeeper-supported job, or that they changed jobs.

If they DIDN’T do any paid work in April, the second question will then ascertain whether they still had a job but didn’t do any work because they were temporarily away from work.

Anyone who indicated that they DIDN’T have a job (that they were absent from) will have been categorised as ‘not employed’ (and either ‘unemployed’ or ‘not in the labour force’, depending on their responses to other questions).

Whereas, anyone who indicated that they DID have a job (that they were absent from) will have been considered ‘employed’ if they were away from work for less than 4 weeks, or paid for any part of the last four weeks. For people who were previously in JobKeeper-supported jobs, if they indicated that they still had a job in April and met these conditions, they would have been considered ‘employed’ in April. Some of these people could then potentially be ‘not employed’ in May, if they were away for 4 weeks or longer and were not paid in the previous 4 weeks.

Therefore, a key factor is whether people who were in JobKeeper-supported jobs, but who no longer had paid work, considered that they still had a job in April.

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Survey response and timeline

October 2021 Labour Force statistics will be released on 11 November

Articles and other information

This months Labour Force release includes:

Insights into hours worked, April 2021

For a list of previously published LFS articles, see the Article archive.

Additional spreadsheets and pivot tables are published in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed one week after this release, while longitudinal labour force microdata are released in the ABS DataLab, one day after the detailed release (see Microdata: Longitudinal Labour Force, Australia).

Unemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:

The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.5%
The unemployment rate was 0.9 pts lower than April 2020, and 0.2 pts higher than March 2020
Unemployed people decreased by 33,600 to 756,200
Unemployed people decreased by 89,100 from April 2020 and was 32,600 higher than March 2020
The youth unemployment rate decreased 1.1 pts to 10.6%
Youth unemployment was 3.4 pts lower than April 2020, and 1.0 pts lower than March 2020

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)
Apr-11	5.0
May-11	5.0
Jun-11	4.9
Jul-11	5.1
Aug-11	5.3
Sep-11	5.2
Oct-11	5.2
Nov-11	5.2
Dec-11	5.2
Jan-12	5.0
Feb-12	5.2
Mar-12	5.2
Apr-12	5.0
May-12	5.2
Jun-12	5.2
Jul-12	5.2
Aug-12	5.2
Sep-12	5.5
Oct-12	5.4
Nov-12	5.3
Dec-12	5.4
Jan-13	5.4
Feb-13	5.4
Mar-13	5.6
Apr-13	5.6
May-13	5.6
Jun-13	5.7
Jul-13	5.6
Aug-13	5.8
Sep-13	5.7
Oct-13	5.8
Nov-13	5.8
Dec-13	5.9
Jan-14	5.9
Feb-14	5.9
Mar-14	5.9
Apr-14	5.8
May-14	5.9
Jun-14	6.0
Jul-14	6.2
Aug-14	6.1
Sep-14	6.2
Oct-14	6.4
Nov-14	6.3
Dec-14	6.1
Jan-15	6.4
Feb-15	6.2
Mar-15	6.1
Apr-15	6.1
May-15	5.9
Jun-15	6.0
Jul-15	6.3
Aug-15	6.1
Sep-15	6.1
Oct-15	5.9
Nov-15	5.9
Dec-15	5.7
Jan-16	6.0
Feb-16	5.7
Mar-16	5.7
Apr-16	5.7
May-16	5.7
Jun-16	5.7
Jul-16	5.7
Aug-16	5.6
Sep-16	5.6
Oct-16	5.6
Nov-16	5.8
Dec-16	5.8
Jan-17	5.7
Feb-17	5.9
Mar-17	5.9
Apr-17	5.6
May-17	5.5
Jun-17	5.6
Jul-17	5.6
Aug-17	5.5
Sep-17	5.4
Oct-17	5.4
Nov-17	5.4
Dec-17	5.6
Jan-18	5.5
Feb-18	5.6
Mar-18	5.6
Apr-18	5.6
May-18	5.4
Jun-18	5.3
Jul-18	5.3
Aug-18	5.2
Sep-18	5.0
Oct-18	5.0
Nov-18	5.1
Dec-18	5.0
Jan-19	5.1
Feb-19	5.0
Mar-19	5.1
Apr-19	5.2
May-19	5.2
Jun-19	5.2
Jul-19	5.2
Aug-19	5.2
Sep-19	5.2
Oct-19	5.3
Nov-19	5.2
Dec-19	5.0
Jan-20	5.3
Feb-20	5.1
Mar-20	5.3
Apr-20	6.4
May-20	7.0
Jun-20	7.4
Jul-20	7.4
Aug-20	6.8
Sep-20	6.9
Oct-20	6.9
Nov-20	6.8
Dec-20	6.6
Jan-21	6.4
Feb-21	5.9
Mar-21	5.7
Apr-21	5.5

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:

Employment decreased by 30,600 people (0.2%) to 13,040,400 people
Over the year to April 2021, employment increased by 637,900 people (5.1%)
Employment was 45,900 people (0.4%) higher than March 2020

Flows into and out of employment

Flows into and out of employment are extensive and are based on the net matched sample of original employment growth between two consecutive months (around 80% of the sample). The (net) sum of the inflows and outflows does not necessarily equal the 'net' employment growth.

For April 2021 the net increase in the number of employed people is the result of around 500,000 people entered employment (i.e. they were not employed in March but were employed in April), while around 480,000 people left employment (i.e. they were employed in March but were not employed in April). This contrasts with March 2021 where around 470,000 people entered employment and around 420,000 people left employment.

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth	Inflow	Outflow
Apr-16	23	430	-441
May-16	31	428	-355
Jun-16	-9	346	-386
Jul-16	4	447	-467
Aug-16	-91	429	-423
Sep-16	40	431	-347
Oct-16	44	462	-456
Nov-16	65	467	-399
Dec-16	95	454	-406
Jan-17	-263	387	-686
Feb-17	217	638	-383
Mar-17	18	492	-397
Apr-17	68	490	-439
May-17	67	405	-357
Jun-17	-2	398	-433
Jul-17	6	425	-418
Aug-17	-16	429	-435
Sep-17	88	461	-380
Oct-17	17	402	-402
Nov-17	103	442	-352
Dec-17	114	414	-390
Jan-18	-263	360	-652
Feb-18	223	649	-382
Mar-18	-33	409	-426
Apr-18	31	398	-395
May-18	47	431	-401
Jun-18	36	407	-403
Jul-18	-33	430	-440
Aug-18	-28	419	-415
Sep-18	68	476	-405
Oct-18	39	422	-435
Nov-18	87	439	-375
Dec-18	98	442	-403
Jan-19	-236	428	-680
Feb-19	199	611	-361
Mar-19	-17	410	-432
Apr-19	46	445	-396
May-19	89	413	-377
Jun-19	-31	382	-455
Jul-19	-2	431	-467
Aug-19	-29	469	-436
Sep-19	68	431	-363
Oct-19	-26	381	-445
Nov-19	96	448	-396
Dec-19	102	440	-407
Jan-20	-266	407	-696
Feb-20	221	623	-384
Mar-20	-49	432	-460
Apr-20	-592	359	-961
May-20	-221	580	-776
Jun-20	201	616	-426
Jul-20	82	579	-452
Aug-20	92	533	-505
Sep-20	6	493	-441
Oct-20	170	549	-412
Nov-20	148	547	-369
Dec-20	116	522	-407
Jan-21	-257	423	-664
Feb-21	304	676	-355
Mar-21	29	475	-415
Apr-21	-29	500	-480

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The following diagram shows the proportion of people moving between employment, unemployment and not in the labour force between March and April (based on the matched sample). It shows that:

96% of people employed in March were also employed in April (with 1% moving to unemployment and 3% to not in the labour force)
57% of people unemployed in March were also unemployed in April (with 22% moving to employment and 21% to not in the labour force)
93% of people not in the labour force in March were also not in the labour force in April (with 5% moving to employment and 2% to unemployment)

Flows in labour force status, March to April

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Employed people, Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people
Apr-11	11,181.4
May-11	11,173.1
Jun-11	11,206.7
Jul-11	11,209.7
Aug-11	11,219.1
Sep-11	11,247.3
Oct-11	11,249.3
Nov-11	11,252.0
Dec-11	11,230.4
Jan-12	11,303.0
Feb-12	11,269.2
Mar-12	11,332.1
Apr-12	11,320.6
May-12	11,364.8
Jun-12	11,340.7
Jul-12	11,348.9
Aug-12	11,361.5
Sep-12	11,392.1
Oct-12	11,391.2
Nov-12	11,384.2
Dec-12	11,394.6
Jan-13	11,460.8
Feb-13	11,464.6
Mar-13	11,433.2
Apr-13	11,465.8
May-13	11,459.0
Jun-13	11,473.5
Jul-13	11,458.2
Aug-13	11,461.2
Sep-13	11,477.3
Oct-13	11,470.8
Nov-13	11,447.6
Dec-13	11,416.2
Jan-14	11,451.7
Feb-14	11,474.2
Mar-14	11,529.8
Apr-14	11,536.2
May-14	11,515.3
Jun-14	11,533.6
Jul-14	11,548.4
Aug-14	11,550.6
Sep-14	11,549.5
Oct-14	11,542.5
Nov-14	11,544.0
Dec-14	11,594.7
Jan-15	11,603.6
Feb-15	11,671.1
Mar-15	11,690.7
Apr-15	11,690.3
May-15	11,736.9
Jun-15	11,734.6
Jul-15	11,764.6
Aug-15	11,773.5
Sep-15	11,787.1
Oct-15	11,860.8
Nov-15	11,895.2
Dec-15	11,901.8
Jan-16	11,904.4
Feb-16	11,921.5
Mar-16	11,938.3
Apr-16	11,945.5
May-16	11,947.3
Jun-16	11,973.6
Jul-16	12,001.7
Aug-16	11,975.1
Sep-16	11,957.2
Oct-16	11,985.4
Nov-16	12,010.6
Dec-16	12,030.5
Jan-17	12,047.4
Feb-17	12,050.0
Mar-17	12,113.3
Apr-17	12,167.3
May-17	12,199.5
Jun-17	12,239.5
Jul-17	12,266.1
Aug-17	12,316.9
Sep-17	12,347.3
Oct-17	12,353.9
Nov-17	12,406.3
Dec-17	12,443.2
Jan-18	12,476.5
Feb-18	12,470.5
Mar-18	12,485.7
Apr-18	12,506.8
May-18	12,512.3
Jun-18	12,591.7
Jul-18	12,580.0
Aug-18	12,620.6
Sep-18	12,631.4
Oct-18	12,661.3
Nov-18	12,692.6
Dec-18	12,711.5
Jan-19	12,743.7
Feb-19	12,742.5
Mar-19	12,775.7
Apr-19	12,815.8
May-19	12,858.7
Jun-19	12,872.6
Jul-19	12,891.5
Aug-19	12,930.2
Sep-19	12,941.9
Oct-19	12,907.7
Nov-19	12,942.9
Dec-19	12,966.6
Jan-20	12,982.3
Feb-20	12,995.1
Mar-20	12,994.5
Apr-20	12,402.5
May-20	12,137.9
Jun-20	12,376.5
Jul-20	12,481.2
Aug-20	12,630.3
Sep-20	12,586.0
Oct-20	12,748.1
Nov-20	12,837.4
Dec-20	12,876.5
Jan-21	12,909.9
Feb-21	12,994.0
Mar-21	13,071.0
Apr-21	13,040.4

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted

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Full-time and part-time employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:

Full-time employment increased by 33,800 to 8,889,500 people, and part-time employment decreased by 64,400 to 4,150,900 people
Over the year to April 2021, full-time employment increased by 249,600 people and part-time employment increased by 388,300 people
Since March 2020, full-time employment increased by 24,600 people and part-time employment increased by 21,300 people
The part-time share of employment was 31.8%, the same as March 2020, and 1.5 pts higher than April 2020

A discussion of how to interpret estimates of full-time and part-time employment can be found in Understanding full-time and part-time work.

Employment-to-population ratio

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:

Decreased by 0.2 pts to 62.3%
Increased by 2.8 pts from April 2020, and is less than 0.1 pts below March 2020

The employment-to-population ratio provides a measure of employment relative to the size of the population.

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Apr-11	62.1	68.6	55.8
May-11	62.0	68.6	55.6
Jun-11	62.1	68.5	55.9
Jul-11	62.0	68.4	55.8
Aug-11	62.0	68.4	55.8
Sep-11	62.1	68.4	55.9
Oct-11	62.0	68.3	55.9
Nov-11	61.9	68.4	55.7
Dec-11	61.7	68.3	55.3
Jan-12	62.0	68.6	55.6
Feb-12	61.7	68.1	55.5
Mar-12	62.0	68.1	55.9
Apr-12	61.8	68.2	55.6
May-12	62.0	68.2	55.9
Jun-12	61.7	68.1	55.6
Jul-12	61.7	67.8	55.7
Aug-12	61.7	67.8	55.7
Sep-12	61.7	67.7	55.9
Oct-12	61.7	67.9	55.5
Nov-12	61.5	67.7	55.5
Dec-12	61.5	67.8	55.3
Jan-13	61.8	68.0	55.7
Feb-13	61.7	67.8	55.7
Mar-13	61.4	67.4	55.6
Apr-13	61.5	67.5	55.7
May-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jun-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jul-13	61.2	67.2	55.4
Aug-13	61.2	67.1	55.4
Sep-13	61.2	67.1	55.4
Oct-13	61.1	67.0	55.3
Nov-13	60.9	66.8	55.1
Dec-13	60.6	66.6	54.9
Jan-14	60.7	66.7	55.0
Feb-14	60.7	66.6	55.1
Mar-14	60.9	66.9	55.2
Apr-14	60.9	66.9	55.1
May-14	60.7	66.6	55.1
Jun-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Jul-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Aug-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Sep-14	60.6	66.5	55.0
Oct-14	60.5	66.4	54.8
Nov-14	60.5	66.6	54.6
Dec-14	60.7	66.6	54.9
Jan-15	60.6	66.5	54.9
Feb-15	60.9	66.8	55.2
Mar-15	60.9	66.9	55.1
Apr-15	60.8	66.7	55.2
May-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Jun-15	60.9	66.6	55.4
Jul-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Aug-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Sep-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Oct-15	61.3	66.9	55.9
Nov-15	61.4	66.9	56.1
Dec-15	61.4	66.9	56.0
Jan-16	61.3	67.0	55.8
Feb-16	61.3	66.8	56.0
Mar-16	61.3	66.8	55.9
Apr-16	61.2	66.6	56.1
May-16	61.2	66.6	55.9
Jun-16	61.2	66.6	56.0
Jul-16	61.3	66.7	56.0
Aug-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Sep-16	60.9	66.2	55.7
Oct-16	60.9	66.4	55.7
Nov-16	61.0	66.3	55.8
Dec-16	61.0	66.4	55.8
Jan-17	61.0	66.3	55.9
Feb-17	60.9	66.3	55.7
Mar-17	61.1	66.4	55.9
Apr-17	61.3	66.8	56.0
May-17	61.4	66.7	56.2
Jun-17	61.5	66.7	56.5
Jul-17	61.5	66.9	56.4
Aug-17	61.7	66.9	56.7
Sep-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Oct-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Nov-17	62.0	67.1	57.0
Dec-17	62.1	67.1	57.3
Jan-18	62.1	67.3	57.1
Feb-18	62.0	67.0	57.1
Mar-18	61.9	66.9	57.2
Apr-18	62.0	66.9	57.2
May-18	61.9	66.9	57.1
Jun-18	62.2	67.1	57.5
Jul-18	62.1	67.2	57.1
Aug-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Sep-18	62.2	67.3	57.2
Oct-18	62.2	67.3	57.4
Nov-18	62.3	67.4	57.4
Dec-18	62.3	67.5	57.4
Jan-19	62.4	67.4	57.5
Feb-19	62.3	67.2	57.6
Mar-19	62.3	67.3	57.5
Apr-19	62.5	67.2	57.9
May-19	62.6	67.8	57.6
Jun-19	62.6	67.7	57.7
Jul-19	62.6	67.6	57.8
Aug-19	62.7	67.6	58.0
Sep-19	62.7	67.3	58.1
Oct-19	62.4	67.0	58.0
Nov-19	62.5	67.2	58.0
Dec-19	62.5	67.2	58.1
Jan-20	62.5	66.9	58.3
Feb-20	62.5	67.0	58.2
Mar-20	62.4	66.9	58.0
Apr-20	59.5	64.2	55.0
May-20	58.2	63.1	53.5
Jun-20	59.4	64.0	54.8
Jul-20	59.9	64.5	55.3
Aug-20	60.6	65.1	56.2
Sep-20	60.4	64.8	56.1
Oct-20	61.1	65.8	56.6
Nov-20	61.5	66.3	56.9
Dec-20	61.7	66.2	57.3
Jan-21	61.8	66.5	57.3
Feb-21	62.2	66.5	58.0
Mar-21	62.5	66.7	58.5
Apr-21	62.3	66.7	58.2

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021, monthly hours worked in all jobs :

Decreased 13 million hours (0.7%) to 1,793 million hours from 1,806 million hours in March 2021
Increased by 12.5% over the year, which was larger than the 5.1% increase in employed people
Increased 31 million hours (1.8%) from March 2020

See the article Insights into hours worked for more.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted
	Hours worked (m)	Yearly change (%)
Apr-11	1,555	1.2
May-11	1,573	1.2
Jun-11	1,581	1.8
Jul-11	1,582	2.2
Aug-11	1,584	1.3
Sep-11	1,581	1.2
Oct-11	1,592	1.5
Nov-11	1,585	0.9
Dec-11	1,588	1.2
Jan-12	1,590	0.5
Feb-12	1,586	0.4
Mar-12	1,595	0.9
Apr-12	1,600	2.9
May-12	1,604	2.0
Jun-12	1,578	-0.2
Jul-12	1,588	0.4
Aug-12	1,587	0.3
Sep-12	1,598	1.1
Oct-12	1,586	-0.4
Nov-12	1,600	0.9
Dec-12	1,601	0.8
Jan-13	1,600	0.7
Feb-13	1,603	1.1
Mar-13	1,596	0.1
Apr-13	1,614	0.9
May-13	1,604	0.0
Jun-13	1,605	1.7
Jul-13	1,615	1.7
Aug-13	1,619	2.0
Sep-13	1,607	0.6
Oct-13	1,606	1.3
Nov-13	1,603	0.2
Dec-13	1,603	0.1
Jan-14	1,597	-0.2
Feb-14	1,605	0.2
Mar-14	1,612	1.0
Apr-14	1,602	-0.7
May-14	1,610	0.3
Jun-14	1,617	0.7
Jul-14	1,615	0.0
Aug-14	1,615	-0.3
Sep-14	1,611	0.2
Oct-14	1,609	0.2
Nov-14	1,611	0.5
Dec-14	1,601	-0.1
Jan-15	1,628	2.0
Feb-15	1,626	1.3
Mar-15	1,634	1.4
Apr-15	1,640	2.4
May-15	1,635	1.6
Jun-15	1,633	1.0
Jul-15	1,639	1.5
Aug-15	1,637	1.4
Sep-15	1,648	2.3
Oct-15	1,654	2.8
Nov-15	1,653	2.6
Dec-15	1,651	3.2
Jan-16	1,660	2.0
Feb-16	1,663	2.2
Mar-16	1,656	1.4
Apr-16	1,636	-0.3
May-16	1,663	1.7
Jun-16	1,656	1.5
Jul-16	1,661	1.3
Aug-16	1,663	1.6
Sep-16	1,659	0.7
Oct-16	1,665	0.7
Nov-16	1,665	0.8
Dec-16	1,674	1.4
Jan-17	1,694	2.0
Feb-17	1,662	-0.1
Mar-17	1,680	1.4
Apr-17	1,669	2.0
May-17	1,712	2.9
Jun-17	1,706	3.0
Jul-17	1,698	2.2
Aug-17	1,703	2.4
Sep-17	1,711	3.1
Oct-17	1,716	3.0
Nov-17	1,725	3.6
Dec-17	1,720	2.8
Jan-18	1,700	0.3
Feb-18	1,721	3.6
Mar-18	1,724	2.6
Apr-18	1,749	4.8
May-18	1,730	1.1
Jun-18	1,741	2.0
Jul-18	1,741	2.5
Aug-18	1,741	2.2
Sep-18	1,746	2.1
Oct-18	1,756	2.3
Nov-18	1,748	1.3
Dec-18	1,746	1.5
Jan-19	1,759	3.5
Feb-19	1,762	2.4
Mar-19	1,774	2.9
Apr-19	1,774	1.5
May-19	1,767	2.1
Jun-19	1,768	1.6
Jul-19	1,770	1.7
Aug-19	1,774	1.9
Sep-19	1,778	1.8
Oct-19	1,776	1.1
Nov-19	1,770	1.3
Dec-19	1,782	2.0
Jan-20	1,772	0.7
Feb-20	1,769	0.4
Mar-20	1,763	-0.7
Apr-20	1,594	-10.2
May-20	1,606	-9.1
Jun-20	1,667	-5.7
Jul-20	1,682	-5.0
Aug-20	1,687	-5.0
Sep-20	1,690	-5.0
Oct-20	1,733	-2.4
Nov-20	1,754	-0.9
Dec-20	1,754	-1.5
Jan-21	1,670	-5.8
Feb-21	1,766	-0.2
Mar-21	1,806	2.5
Apr-21	1,793	12.5

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

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Participation

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021, the participation rate:

Decreased 0.3 pts to 66.0%
Decreased by 0.1 pts for men (to 70.8%) and decreased 0.5 pts for women (to 61.3%)
Increased 2.4 pts since April 2020, and was 0.1 pts higher than March 2020

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Apr-11	65.4	72.2	58.7
May-11	65.3	72.0	58.7
Jun-11	65.3	71.9	58.9
Jul-11	65.4	72.0	59.0
Aug-11	65.5	72.2	59.0
Sep-11	65.5	72.1	59.1
Oct-11	65.4	72.1	58.9
Nov-11	65.4	72.0	58.9
Dec-11	65.1	71.8	58.6
Jan-12	65.3	72.1	58.7
Feb-12	65.1	71.8	58.6
Mar-12	65.3	71.8	59.1
Apr-12	65.1	71.7	58.6
May-12	65.4	71.8	59.1
Jun-12	65.1	71.6	58.8
Jul-12	65.1	71.5	58.8
Aug-12	65.0	71.6	58.6
Sep-12	65.3	71.8	59.0
Oct-12	65.2	71.8	58.8
Nov-12	64.9	71.5	58.6
Dec-12	65.0	71.7	58.6
Jan-13	65.3	71.9	58.8
Feb-13	65.2	71.7	58.9
Mar-13	65.1	71.5	58.8
Apr-13	65.1	71.5	59.0
May-13	65.0	71.6	58.7
Jun-13	65.1	71.6	58.7
Jul-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Aug-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Sep-13	64.8	71.2	58.7
Oct-13	64.8	71.2	58.7
Nov-13	64.6	71.0	58.4
Dec-13	64.4	70.9	58.2
Jan-14	64.6	70.8	58.5
Feb-14	64.6	70.7	58.6
Mar-14	64.7	70.9	58.8
Apr-14	64.7	71.0	58.5
May-14	64.6	70.7	58.6
Jun-14	64.7	70.9	58.7
Jul-14	64.8	71.0	58.7
Aug-14	64.7	70.9	58.6
Sep-14	64.7	70.7	58.8
Oct-14	64.6	70.8	58.7
Nov-14	64.5	71.1	58.2
Dec-14	64.6	70.8	58.6
Jan-15	64.7	71.1	58.6
Feb-15	64.9	71.2	58.8
Mar-15	64.9	71.3	58.6
Apr-15	64.8	71.1	58.7
May-15	64.9	71.0	58.9
Jun-15	64.8	70.9	59.0
Jul-15	65.1	71.1	59.3
Aug-15	64.9	70.9	59.1
Sep-15	65.0	70.9	59.2
Oct-15	65.2	71.1	59.4
Nov-15	65.2	70.9	59.7
Dec-15	65.1	70.9	59.5
Jan-16	65.2	71.3	59.4
Feb-16	65.0	70.7	59.4
Mar-16	64.9	70.8	59.3
Apr-16	64.9	70.5	59.5
May-16	64.9	70.7	59.3
Jun-16	64.9	70.4	59.6
Jul-16	65.0	70.6	59.5
Aug-16	64.7	70.4	59.1
Sep-16	64.5	70.1	59.1
Oct-16	64.5	70.2	59.0
Nov-16	64.7	70.3	59.3
Dec-16	64.8	70.5	59.2
Jan-17	64.7	70.2	59.3
Feb-17	64.7	70.4	59.2
Mar-17	64.9	70.5	59.5
Apr-17	64.9	70.6	59.5
May-17	65.0	70.6	59.5
Jun-17	65.1	70.6	59.9
Jul-17	65.2	70.8	59.7
Aug-17	65.3	70.8	60.0
Sep-17	65.3	70.7	60.1
Oct-17	65.2	70.6	60.1
Nov-17	65.5	70.9	60.3
Dec-17	65.8	71.1	60.6
Jan-18	65.8	71.2	60.5
Feb-18	65.7	71.0	60.5
Mar-18	65.6	70.8	60.6
Apr-18	65.6	70.9	60.5
May-18	65.5	70.7	60.4
Jun-18	65.7	71.0	60.6
Jul-18	65.5	71.0	60.3
Aug-18	65.6	71.1	60.4
Sep-18	65.4	70.7	60.3
Oct-18	65.5	70.8	60.4
Nov-18	65.7	71.0	60.5
Dec-18	65.6	71.0	60.5
Jan-19	65.7	71.0	60.7
Feb-19	65.6	70.7	60.6
Mar-19	65.7	70.9	60.6
Apr-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
May-19	66.0	71.5	60.7
Jun-19	66.0	71.3	60.9
Jul-19	66.1	71.3	61.0
Aug-19	66.2	71.3	61.2
Sep-19	66.1	71.1	61.2
Oct-19	65.9	70.8	61.1
Nov-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
Dec-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
Jan-20	66.0	70.8	61.5
Feb-20	65.9	70.7	61.2
Mar-20	65.9	70.7	61.2
Apr-20	63.6	68.8	58.5
May-20	62.6	68.0	57.5
Jun-20	64.1	69.1	59.2
Jul-20	64.7	69.7	59.8
Aug-20	65.0	69.9	60.2
Sep-20	64.8	69.7	60.1
Oct-20	65.7	70.7	60.8
Nov-20	66.0	71.0	61.3
Dec-20	66.0	71.0	61.3
Jan-21	66.1	71.1	61.2
Feb-21	66.1	70.9	61.4
Mar-21	66.3	70.9	61.9
Apr-21	66.0	70.8	61.3

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in April 2021:

The underemployment rate decreased by 0.2 pts to 7.8% from March 2021
The underemployment rate was 5.9 pts lower than April 2020, and 1.0 pts lower than March 2020
The underutilisation rate decreased by 0.4 pts to 13.3% from March 2021

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Apr-11	7.0	5.4	8.9
May-11	7.1	5.5	8.9
Jun-11	7.0	5.4	8.8
Jul-11	6.8	5.1	8.8
Aug-11	6.7	5.0	8.8
Sep-11	6.8	5.0	8.9
Oct-11	6.9	5.2	9.0
Nov-11	7.1	5.3	9.1
Dec-11	7.1	5.4	9.2
Jan-12	7.2	5.5	9.1
Feb-12	7.3	5.7	9.1
Mar-12	7.2	5.6	9.1
Apr-12	7.3	5.5	9.4
May-12	7.3	5.5	9.6
Jun-12	7.2	5.4	9.3
Jul-12	7.1	5.2	9.2
Aug-12	6.9	5.1	9.0
Sep-12	6.8	5.1	8.9
Oct-12	7.0	5.2	9.1
Nov-12	7.0	5.3	9.1
Dec-12	7.0	5.4	9.0
Jan-13	7.0	5.4	8.9
Feb-13	7.1	5.4	9.1
Mar-13	7.2	5.5	9.3
Apr-13	7.2	5.5	9.2
May-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jun-13	7.5	5.9	9.5
Jul-13	7.4	5.6	9.5
Aug-13	7.6	5.8	9.6
Sep-13	7.4	5.7	9.5
Oct-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Nov-13	7.5	5.7	9.6
Dec-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jan-14	7.3	5.7	9.3
Feb-14	7.5	5.7	9.6
Mar-14	7.5	5.7	9.7
Apr-14	7.6	5.7	9.9
May-14	7.8	5.9	9.9
Jun-14	7.9	6.0	10.2
Jul-14	8.3	6.3	10.6
Aug-14	8.4	6.4	10.7
Sep-14	8.8	6.9	11.1
Oct-14	8.2	6.3	10.4
Nov-14	8.7	6.7	10.9
Dec-14	8.5	6.5	10.7
Jan-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Feb-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Mar-15	8.1	5.9	10.8
Apr-15	8.3	6.3	10.6
May-15	8.4	6.3	10.7
Jun-15	8.4	6.5	10.6
Jul-15	8.6	6.8	10.7
Aug-15	8.5	6.5	10.8
Sep-15	8.8	6.8	11.2
Oct-15	8.7	6.7	11.0
Nov-15	8.6	6.7	10.8
Dec-15	8.5	6.3	10.9
Jan-16	8.5	6.6	10.7
Feb-16	8.4	6.5	10.5
Mar-16	8.4	6.6	10.5
Apr-16	8.6	7.0	10.4
May-16	8.3	6.6	10.2
Jun-16	8.8	7.0	10.8
Jul-16	9.0	7.0	11.3
Aug-16	8.8	7.2	10.7
Sep-16	8.7	6.9	10.8
Oct-16	8.6	6.8	10.6
Nov-16	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-16	8.6	6.8	10.7
Jan-17	8.8	6.9	11.0
Feb-17	9.0	6.9	11.5
Mar-17	8.6	6.8	10.7
Apr-17	8.7	6.6	11.1
May-17	8.6	6.7	10.8
Jun-17	8.4	6.6	10.5
Jul-17	8.5	6.9	10.5
Aug-17	8.6	6.9	10.6
Sep-17	8.6	6.8	10.6
Oct-17	8.5	6.6	10.6
Nov-17	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-17	8.5	6.5	10.8
Jan-18	8.8	7.1	10.7
Feb-18	8.5	6.6	10.6
Mar-18	8.6	6.5	10.9
Apr-18	8.4	6.4	10.8
May-18	8.4	6.4	10.6
Jun-18	8.6	6.6	10.8
Jul-18	8.5	6.4	10.8
Aug-18	8.2	6.1	10.6
Sep-18	8.3	6.3	10.6
Oct-18	8.3	6.2	10.7
Nov-18	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-18	8.3	6.5	10.4
Jan-19	8.2	6.2	10.4
Feb-19	8.1	6.2	10.2
Mar-19	8.2	6.5	10.2
Apr-19	8.4	6.8	10.3
May-19	8.5	6.8	10.5
Jun-19	8.2	6.7	9.9
Jul-19	8.4	6.8	10.3
Aug-19	8.6	7.0	10.4
Sep-19	8.4	6.8	10.1
Oct-19	8.6	6.7	10.6
Nov-19	8.3	6.7	10.1
Dec-19	8.2	6.6	10.0
Jan-20	8.7	6.7	10.8
Feb-20	8.6	6.6	10.9
Mar-20	8.8	7.1	10.6
Apr-20	13.6	12.4	15.0
May-20	13.0	12.0	14.0
Jun-20	11.6	10.9	12.5
Jul-20	11.3	10.5	12.2
Aug-20	11.3	10.6	12.1
Sep-20	11.4	10.7	12.2
Oct-20	10.4	9.2	11.8
Nov-20	9.3	8.0	10.8
Dec-20	8.5	7.1	10.1
Jan-21	8.3	7.0	9.7
Feb-21	8.4	7.2	9.8
Mar-21	8.0	6.6	9.4
Apr-21	7.8	6.5	9.2

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and territories

April 2021, Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,093,500	3,446,500	2,614,600	864,200	1,391,800	258,200	130,800	238,100	13,040,400
Employed people - monthly change	-0.9%	0.1%	-0.3%	1.8%	-1.0%	-0.9%	1.4%	1.4%	-0.2%
Employment to population ratio	61.6%	62.9%	62.3%	59.2%	64.6%	57.5%	69.3%	69.3%	62.3%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	-0.6 pts	0.1 pts	-0.2 pts	1.0 pts	-0.7 pts	-0.6 pts	0.9 pts	0.8 pts	-0.2 pts
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%	6.1%	5.7%	4.9%	6.2%	3.8%	3.4%	5.5%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	-0.6 pts	0.1 pts	-0.7 pts	-0.1 pts	0.2 pts	-1.8 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.2 pts
Underemployment rate	7.6%	7.7%	8.5%	8.3%	7.1%	8.6%	5.2%	5.6%	7.8%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	-0.3 pts	-0.2 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.8 pts	0.0 pts	0.8 pts	-0.2 pts
Participation rate	65.2%	66.5%	66.4%	62.8%	68.0%	61.3%	72.0%	71.7%	66.0%
Participation rate - monthly change	-0.6 pts	-0.4 pts	-0.2 pts	0.6 pts	-0.8 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.5 pts	0.8 pts	-0.3 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	March outgoing rotation group	April incoming rotation group	April outgoing rotation group	April estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	63.3%	62.4%	63.3%	62.4%
Full-time employment to population ratio	41.9%	42.2%	43.6%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.9%	4.9%	5.5%
Participation rate	67.1%	66.4%	66.6%	66.1%

States and territories

Managing COVID-19 impacts on the incoming rotation groups

Comparability with seasonally adjusted data

Contribution from sample components to estimates

Data files

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Data downloads

Labour Force Survey results are released in three stages.

Spreadsheets of the headline indicators are published in this release
Additional, more detailed spreadsheets and pivot tables are published in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed one week after this first release
Longitudinal labour force microdata are released in the ABS DataLab on a monthly basis, one day after the detailed release (see Microdata: Longitudinal Labour Force, Australia)

See the Survey output section of Labour Force, Australia methodology for more information.

Labour Force status

Data files

Table 1. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 4. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 5. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 6. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 7. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 8. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 9. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 10. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 10a. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 11. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original
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Table 11a. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 12. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 12a. Labour force status by Sex, Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 13. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 15. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex
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Table 16. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time)
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Table 17. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 18. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Hours worked

Data files

Table 19. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted
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Table 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted
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Underemployment and underutilisation

Data files

Table 22. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 23. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original
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Table 23a. Underutilised persons by Territory and Sex - Seasonally adjusted
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Table 24. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex (expanded analytical series)
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Table 25. Underutilised persons by State, Territory and Sex (expanded analytical series)
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APA

Labour Force, Australia

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Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

How the end of JobKeeper will be reflected in April and May Labour Force statistics

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Survey response and timeline

October 2021 Labour Force statistics will be released on 11 November

Articles and other information

Unemployment

Employment

Flows into and out of employment

Flows in labour force status, March to April

Full-time and part-time employment

Employment-to-population ratio

Hours worked

Participation

Underemployment

States and territories

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

States and territories

Managing COVID-19 impacts on the incoming rotation groups

Comparability with seasonally adjusted data

Contribution from sample components to estimates

Data downloads

Labour Force status

Table 1. Labour force status by Sex, Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 4. Labour force status by Sex, New South Wales - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 5. Labour force status by Sex, Victoria - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 6. Labour force status by Sex, Queensland - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 7. Labour force status by Sex, South Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 8. Labour force status by Sex, Western Australia - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 9. Labour force status by Sex, Tasmania - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 10. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Trend and Original

Table 10a. Labour force status by Sex, Northern Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 11. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Trend and Original

Table 11a. Labour force status by Sex, Australian Capital Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 12. Labour force status by Sex, State and Territory - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 12a. Labour force status by Sex, Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 13. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 15. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by Educational attendance (full-time) and Sex

Table 16. Labour force status for 15-24 year olds by State, Territory and Educational attendance (full-time)

Table 17. Labour force status for 15-19 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 18. Labour force status for 15-64 year olds by Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Hours worked

Table 19. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and by State and Territory - Trend and Seasonally adjusted

Table 19a. Monthly hours worked in all jobs by Employed full-time, part-time and Sex and Territory - Seasonally adjusted

Table 21. Quarterly hours worked in all jobs by Market and Non-market sector - Seasonally adjusted

Underemployment and underutilisation

Table 22. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 23. Underutilised persons by State and Territory and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original

Table 23a. Underutilised persons by Territory and Sex - Seasonally adjusted

Table 24. Underutilised persons by Age and Sex (expanded analytical series)

Table 25. Underutilised persons by State, Territory and Sex (expanded analytical series)

Flows into and out of employment

GM1 - Labour force status and Gross changes (flows) by Age, Sex, State and Territory, February 1991 onwards

All time series spreadsheets

All time series spreadsheets

Article archive

Understanding the labour force

Employment and jobs

Unemployment and underemployment

Hours worked

Regional estimates

LFS content and output

Methodology

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Methodology

Articles

Insights into hours worked, April 2021

Media releases

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