Labour Force, Australia, December 2020

	Nov-2020	Dec-2020	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
Employed people	12,860,700	12,910,800	50,000	0.4%	-63,900	-0.5%
Unemployed people	942,100	912,000	-30,100	-3.2%	221,700	32.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.6%	-0.2 pts	na	1.5 pts	na
Underemployment rate	9.4%	8.5%	-0.8 pts	na	0.3 pts	na
Participation rate	66.1%	66.2%	0.1 pts	na	0.2 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,752 million	1,753 million	2 million	0.1%	-26 million	-1.5%

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

Managing the impact of COVID-19 on labour force statistics

Survey response and timeline

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Seasonal Adjustment

Treatment of people on JobKeeper, JobSeeker or stood down

People paid through the JobKeeper wage subsidy, in receipt of JobSeeker payments, or stood down by their employer are classified as follows in the Labour Force Survey. This approach:

is consistent with the long-standing concepts and practices used in the Labour Force Survey; and
has not resulted in any changes to the Labour Force Survey questionnaire.

The ABS will update this information if new scenarios emerge or the conditions of existing scenarios change over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. People paid through the JobKeeper wage subsidy: employed

The ABS expects that people who are paid through the JobKeeper scheme will answer the questions in a way that results in them being classified as employed, regardless of the hours they work (e.g. even if they are stood down). People paid through JobKeeper may work less hours, the same hours, or more hours, than usual.

Under the JobKeeper program, eligible businesses and not-for-profit organisations affected by COVID-19 can elect to receive a subsidy to support their employment of eligible employees. Some self-employed people are also eligible to receive the JobKeeper payment.

Employers will pay these employees a wage, within their existing employment relationship, supporting an ongoing attachment to a job.

2. People in receipt of the JobSeeker payment: it depends on their labour market activity

People who receive the JobSeeker or other similar government payments are not automatically classified as unemployed (just as those classified as unemployed will not necessarily be in receipt of a government payment) and how they are categorised depends on how they answer questions around labour market activity.

The JobSeeker payment is paid to people who are looking for work or are sick or injured and cannot undertake their usual work or study for a short time, and who meet the eligibility requirements. People can also receive the JobSeeker payment if they have a job, if they meet a low income test.

Recent changes to the JobSeeker program related to COVID-19 also meant that some recipients did not have to meet the usual mutual obligation requirements, such as looking for work. As these obligations are reinstated, changes may lead to increases in active job search and an increase in the number of people classified as unemployed in future months.

To be classified as unemployed in Labour Force statistics, a person must:

have actively looked for full-time or part-time work in the last four weeks; and
be available for work in the reference week.

People who were waiting to start a new job within four weeks from the end of the reference week and could have started in the reference week if the job had been available then are also classified as unemployed.

3. People not working any hours, including those who were stood down: it depends on their job attachment and pay, and potentially other labour market activity

A person will be classified as employed if they:

had taken any kind of paid leave;
were away from their job for any reason (e.g. they were stood down), and were paid for some part of the previous 4 weeks (which could include wages subsidised through the JobKeeper scheme); or
were away from their job for four weeks or less for any reason, without pay, but believe they still have a job to go back to (e.g. they were stood down, with no pay).

If a person is away from their job for four weeks or more without pay, or they believe they no longer have a job to be absent from, they will be classified as:

unemployed - if they have actively looked for work, and are available to start work; or
not in the labour force - if they have not looked for work and/or are not available to start work.

There will be a range of ways in which people will have been stood down without work as a result of COVID-19. Some may be stood down with pay, some through paid leave (e.g. long service leave, annual leave, etc) and some without pay. Some people will perceive that they still have a job (but just no hours at the moment), while others will consider they have lost their job.

These differences are effectively captured using Labour Force Survey questions, which support the ABS to effectively categorise people and produce key measures of the labour market.

People stood down without pay from late March through to early May were away from their job for four weeks or more and therefore were no longer considered employed in May. This explains part of the further fall in employment in May.

For further information, please email labour.statistics@abs.gov.au.

Articles and other information

This months Labour Force release includes additional analysis of hours worked, including for those people working zero hours for economic reasons (see Insights into hours worked), and Underemployment (see Underemployment: Reduced hours or prefers more hours). 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 December 2020:

The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 6.6% (1.5 pts higher than a year ago)
Unemployed people decreased by 30,100 to 912,000 (and increased by 221,700 over the year to December 2020)
The youth unemployment rate decreased 1.7 pts to 13.9% (and increased by 2.3 pts over the year to December 2020)

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)
Dec-10	4.9
Jan-11	5.0
Feb-11	5.0
Mar-11	4.9
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	5.1
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	6.3
Feb-15	6.1
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	6.2
Oct-15	5.9
Nov-15	5.9
Dec-15	5.7
Jan-16	6.0
Feb-16	5.7
Mar-16	5.6
Apr-16	5.6
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	5.8
Mar-17	5.8
Apr-17	5.6
May-17	5.6
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	5.5
Apr-18	5.5
May-18	5.4
Jun-18	5.3
Jul-18	5.3
Aug-18	5.3
Sep-18	5.0
Oct-18	5.0
Nov-18	5.1
Dec-18	5.0
Jan-19	5.0
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	5.1
Dec-19	5.1
Jan-20	5.3
Feb-20	5.1
Mar-20	5.2
Apr-20	6.4
May-20	7.1
Jun-20	7.4
Jul-20	7.5
Aug-20	6.8
Sep-20	6.9
Oct-20	7.0
Nov-20	6.8
Dec-20	6.6

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2020:

Employment increased by 50,000 people (0.4%) to 12,910,800 people
Over the year to December 2020, employment decreased by 0.5% or 63,900 people

Flows into and out of employment

Underpinning this net increase in the number of employed people are extensive flows of people into and out of employment. Around 500,000 people entered employment (i.e. they were not employed in November but were employed in December), while around 390,000 people left employment (i.e. they were employed in November but were not employed in December). This contrasts with the previous month, where around 530,000 people entered employment and around 360,000 people left employment.

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth	Inflow	Outflow
Dec-15	90	415	-432
Jan-16	-265	377	-624
Feb-16	216	571	-351
Mar-16	-30	410	-396
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	437	-472
Aug-19	-29	470	-436
Sep-19	68	447	-377
Oct-19	-27	396	-462
Nov-19	94	449	-397
Dec-19	101	443	-410
Jan-20	-266	415	-709
Feb-20	221	644	-397
Mar-20	-49	435	-464
Apr-20	-592	356	-952
May-20	-221	585	-783
Jun-20	201	611	-422
Jul-20	87	560	-437
Aug-20	97	524	-496
Sep-20	11	489	-438
Oct-20	174	549	-412
Nov-20	152	528	-356
Dec-20	119	504	-392

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Note: As the inflows and outflows analysis is based on the matched sample (around 80% of the sample), and the original employment growth is based on the entire sample and the latest months weight, the (net) sum of the inflows and outflows does not necessarily equal the 'net' employment growth.

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

97% of people employed in November were also employed in December (with 1% moving to unemployment and 2% to not in the labour force)
61% of people unemployed in November were also unemployed in December (with 22% moving to employment and 17% to not in the labour force)
93% of people not in the labour force in November were also not in the labour force in December (with 4% moving to employment and 3% to unemployment)

Flows in labour force status, November to December

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Description

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people
Dec-10	11,168.3
Jan-11	11,199.9
Feb-11	11,175.8
Mar-11	11,215.1
Apr-11	11,182.7
May-11	11,172.1
Jun-11	11,205.8
Jul-11	11,209.7
Aug-11	11,216.8
Sep-11	11,247.3
Oct-11	11,249.1
Nov-11	11,252.3
Dec-11	11,230.7
Jan-12	11,305.5
Feb-12	11,271.8
Mar-12	11,333.3
Apr-12	11,322.3
May-12	11,363.7
Jun-12	11,339.0
Jul-12	11,348.9
Aug-12	11,356.8
Sep-12	11,391.7
Oct-12	11,390.9
Nov-12	11,384.7
Dec-12	11,395.5
Jan-13	11,464.3
Feb-13	11,469.1
Mar-13	11,434.9
Apr-13	11,468.1
May-13	11,457.8
Jun-13	11,470.9
Jul-13	11,457.7
Aug-13	11,453.8
Sep-13	11,476.4
Oct-13	11,470.4
Nov-13	11,448.4
Dec-13	11,417.8
Jan-14	11,455.0
Feb-14	11,481.9
Mar-14	11,531.9
Apr-14	11,538.8
May-14	11,514.0
Jun-14	11,529.8
Jul-14	11,545.4
Aug-14	11,545.1
Sep-14	11,546.4
Oct-14	11,542.2
Nov-14	11,543.8
Dec-14	11,597.3
Jan-15	11,607.9
Feb-15	11,673.3
Mar-15	11,693.7
Apr-15	11,693.3
May-15	11,734.9
Jun-15	11,728.1
Jul-15	11,760.6
Aug-15	11,772.1
Sep-15	11,783.1
Oct-15	11,860.6
Nov-15	11,895.5
Dec-15	11,905.9
Jan-16	11,910.2
Feb-16	11,927.2
Mar-16	11,942.5
Apr-16	11,948.5
May-16	11,944.2
Jun-16	11,963.5
Jul-16	11,996.4
Aug-16	11,971.8
Sep-16	11,952.9
Oct-16	11,986.0
Nov-16	12,011.4
Dec-16	12,036.6
Jan-17	12,055.0
Feb-17	12,058.5
Mar-17	12,119.3
Apr-17	12,169.2
May-17	12,195.0
Jun-17	12,225.6
Jul-17	12,259.4
Aug-17	12,312.6
Sep-17	12,342.7
Oct-17	12,355.9
Nov-17	12,407.8
Dec-17	12,451.9
Jan-18	12,485.1
Feb-18	12,481.3
Mar-18	12,492.9
Apr-18	12,506.1
May-18	12,506.3
Jun-18	12,575.3
Jul-18	12,571.4
Aug-18	12,616.3
Sep-18	12,626.8
Oct-18	12,665.8
Nov-18	12,695.0
Dec-18	12,722.8
Jan-19	12,750.8
Feb-19	12,754.8
Mar-19	12,784.3
Apr-19	12,811.7
May-19	12,852.1
Jun-19	12,854.7
Jul-19	12,881.8
Aug-19	12,926.3
Sep-19	12,936.3
Oct-19	12,912.7
Nov-19	12,943.9
Dec-19	12,974.7
Jan-20	12,985.5
Feb-20	13,003.9
Mar-20	12,998.4
Apr-20	12,392.0
May-20	12,126.3
Jun-20	12,353.3
Jul-20	12,471.1
Aug-20	12,634.5
Sep-20	12,590.4
Oct-20	12,770.7
Nov-20	12,860.7
Dec-20	12,910.8

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted

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Full-time and part-time employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2020:

Full-time employment increased by 35,700 to 8,761,400 people, and part-time employment increased by 14,300 to 4,149,300 people
Over the year to December 2020, full-time employment decreased by 75,900 people and part-time employment increased by 12,000 people
The part-time share of employment over the past 12 months, increased 0.3 pts to 32.1%

Employment-to-population ratio

In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2020:

The employment-to-population ratio increased by 0.2 pts to 61.8%, and decreased by 0.8 pts from the same time last year

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 (%)
Dec-10	62.4	69.2	55.8
Jan-11	62.5	69.4	55.8
Feb-11	62.2	69.0	55.6
Mar-11	62.4	69.0	55.9
Apr-11	62.1	68.6	55.8
May-11	62.0	68.5	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	68.2	55.5
Mar-12	62.0	68.1	56.0
Apr-12	61.8	68.2	55.6
May-12	61.9	68.2	55.9
Jun-12	61.7	68.1	55.6
Jul-12	61.7	67.8	55.7
Aug-12	61.6	67.8	55.6
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	67.9	55.3
Jan-13	61.8	68.0	55.7
Feb-13	61.7	67.8	55.8
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	61.1	67.1	55.3
Sep-13	61.1	67.1	55.4
Oct-13	61.1	67.0	55.3
Nov-13	60.9	66.8	55.1
Dec-13	60.7	66.6	54.9
Jan-14	60.7	66.7	55.0
Feb-14	60.8	66.7	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	66.4	55.0
Oct-14	60.5	66.4	54.8
Nov-14	60.5	66.6	54.6
Dec-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Jan-15	60.7	66.5	54.9
Feb-15	60.9	66.8	55.2
Mar-15	60.9	67.0	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	66.7	55.5
Aug-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Sep-15	61.0	66.5	55.6
Oct-15	61.3	66.9	55.9
Nov-15	61.4	66.9	56.1
Dec-15	61.4	67.0	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	56.0
May-16	61.1	66.6	55.9
Jun-16	61.2	66.5	56.0
Jul-16	61.3	66.7	56.0
Aug-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Sep-16	60.8	66.1	55.7
Oct-16	60.9	66.4	55.7
Nov-16	61.0	66.3	55.8
Dec-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Jan-17	61.0	66.3	55.9
Feb-17	60.9	66.3	55.7
Mar-17	61.1	66.5	55.9
Apr-17	61.3	66.9	55.9
May-17	61.4	66.7	56.2
Jun-17	61.4	66.6	56.5
Jul-17	61.5	66.8	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	62.2	67.4	57.2
Feb-18	62.0	67.1	57.2
Mar-18	62.0	67.0	57.2
Apr-18	62.0	67.0	57.1
May-18	61.9	66.9	57.1
Jun-18	62.2	67.0	57.5
Jul-18	62.1	67.1	57.2
Aug-18	62.2	67.3	57.2
Sep-18	62.1	67.3	57.1
Oct-18	62.3	67.3	57.4
Nov-18	62.3	67.4	57.4
Dec-18	62.4	67.5	57.4
Jan-19	62.4	67.5	57.5
Feb-19	62.3	67.2	57.6
Mar-19	62.4	67.4	57.5
Apr-19	62.4	67.3	57.8
May-19	62.6	67.7	57.7
Jun-19	62.5	67.5	57.7
Jul-19	62.6	67.5	57.8
Aug-19	62.7	67.5	58.0
Sep-19	62.6	67.3	58.1
Oct-19	62.5	67.1	58.0
Nov-19	62.5	67.2	58.0
Dec-19	62.6	67.3	58.1
Jan-20	62.6	67.0	58.3
Feb-20	62.6	67.1	58.2
Mar-20	62.4	67.0	58.0
Apr-20	59.5	64.3	54.9
May-20	58.2	63.1	53.5
Jun-20	59.3	63.9	54.8
Jul-20	59.8	64.4	55.4
Aug-20	60.6	65.0	56.3
Sep-20	60.4	64.7	56.1
Oct-20	61.2	65.9	56.7
Nov-20	61.6	66.4	57.0
Dec-20	61.8	66.4	57.4

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2020, monthly hours worked in all jobs:

Increased by 1.686 million hours (0.1%) to 1,753 million hours
Decreased by 1.5% over the year, which is larger than the 0.5% decrease in employed people

See the article Insights into hours worked for more.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted
	Hours worked ( m)	Yearly change ( %)
Dec-10	1,569	2.52
Jan-11	1,581	3.22
Feb-11	1,579	2.78
Mar-11	1,580	3.55
Apr-11	1,559	1.28
May-11	1,572	1.20
Jun-11	1,582	1.77
Jul-11	1,583	2.21
Aug-11	1,584	1.34
Sep-11	1,581	1.21
Oct-11	1,592	1.54
Nov-11	1,585	0.90
Dec-11	1,586	1.10
Jan-12	1,588	0.45
Feb-12	1,585	0.38
Mar-12	1,596	0.96
Apr-12	1,605	2.96
May-12	1,602	1.94
Jun-12	1,577	-0.33
Jul-12	1,588	0.34
Aug-12	1,587	0.20
Sep-12	1,597	1.06
Oct-12	1,584	-0.49
Nov-12	1,599	0.89
Dec-12	1,602	0.98
Jan-13	1,600	0.74
Feb-13	1,602	1.05
Mar-13	1,597	0.08
Apr-13	1,620	0.91
May-13	1,603	0.05
Jun-13	1,604	1.73
Jul-13	1,615	1.71
Aug-13	1,619	2.04
Sep-13	1,608	0.63
Oct-13	1,608	1.54
Nov-13	1,604	0.28
Dec-13	1,604	0.17
Jan-14	1,598	-0.13
Feb-14	1,606	0.22
Mar-14	1,614	1.06
Apr-14	1,595	-1.56
May-14	1,608	0.33
Jun-14	1,616	0.76
Jul-14	1,614	-0.04
Aug-14	1,614	-0.31
Sep-14	1,610	0.15
Oct-14	1,611	0.19
Nov-14	1,611	0.45
Dec-14	1,598	-0.38
Jan-15	1,627	1.83
Feb-15	1,625	1.20
Mar-15	1,634	1.29
Apr-15	1,649	3.44
May-15	1,632	1.48
Jun-15	1,631	0.93
Jul-15	1,638	1.49
Aug-15	1,636	1.37
Sep-15	1,648	2.37
Oct-15	1,653	2.58
Nov-15	1,653	2.65
Dec-15	1,650	3.27
Jan-16	1,660	2.02
Feb-16	1,662	2.28
Mar-16	1,654	1.20
Apr-16	1,647	-0.15
May-16	1,660	1.71
Jun-16	1,656	1.50
Jul-16	1,660	1.31
Aug-16	1,662	1.59
Sep-16	1,659	0.64
Oct-16	1,664	0.68
Nov-16	1,666	0.74
Dec-16	1,672	1.33
Jan-17	1,692	1.94
Feb-17	1,660	-0.12
Mar-17	1,676	1.34
Apr-17	1,688	2.51
May-17	1,707	2.82
Jun-17	1,703	2.89
Jul-17	1,696	2.19
Aug-17	1,702	2.40
Sep-17	1,710	3.12
Oct-17	1,714	2.99
Nov-17	1,727	3.67
Dec-17	1,720	2.84
Jan-18	1,698	0.35
Feb-18	1,721	3.68
Mar-18	1,724	2.86
Apr-18	1,759	4.23
May-18	1,727	1.17
Jun-18	1,738	2.05
Jul-18	1,741	2.66
Aug-18	1,743	2.42
Sep-18	1,749	2.26
Oct-18	1,755	2.42
Nov-18	1,753	1.53
Dec-18	1,751	1.81
Jan-19	1,763	3.79
Feb-19	1,764	2.47
Mar-19	1,775	2.96
Apr-19	1,765	0.34
May-19	1,761	1.98
Jun-19	1,761	1.31
Jul-19	1,770	1.62
Aug-19	1,773	1.71
Sep-19	1,777	1.58
Oct-19	1,771	0.91
Nov-19	1,773	1.14
Dec-19	1,780	1.64
Jan-20	1,768	0.28
Feb-20	1,763	-0.06
Mar-20	1,777	0.12
Apr-20	1,609	-8.89
May-20	1,592	-9.62
Jun-20	1,658	-5.88
Jul-20	1,679	-5.11
Aug-20	1,685	-4.98
Sep-20	1,688	-5.00
Oct-20	1,709	-3.54
Nov-20	1,752	-1.22
Dec-20	1,753	-1.48

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

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Participation

In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2020, the participation rate:

Increased by 0.1 pts to 66.2%, and increased 0.2 pts over the year to December 2020
Increased by 0.1 pts for men (to 71.1%) and remained at 61.4% for women

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Dec-10	65.6	72.6	58.8
Jan-11	65.8	72.8	58.9
Feb-11	65.5	72.5	58.7
Mar-11	65.6	72.4	59.0
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	65.4	72.1	58.9
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	72.2	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	65.3	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	59.0
Mar-13	65.1	71.5	58.8
Apr-13	65.2	71.5	59.0
May-13	65.0	71.5	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	64.5	70.9	58.2
Jan-14	64.6	70.9	58.5
Feb-14	64.6	70.8	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	64.6	70.9	58.6
Sep-14	64.6	70.7	58.8
Oct-14	64.7	70.8	58.7
Nov-14	64.5	71.1	58.2
Dec-14	64.6	70.9	58.6
Jan-15	64.8	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	70.8	59.0
Jul-15	65.1	71.0	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	71.0	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	70.6	59.4
May-16	64.9	70.6	59.3
Jun-16	64.9	70.4	59.6
Jul-16	64.9	70.6	59.5
Aug-16	64.7	70.4	59.1
Sep-16	64.5	70.1	59.1
Oct-16	64.5	70.3	59.0
Nov-16	64.7	70.3	59.3
Dec-16	64.8	70.6	59.3
Jan-17	64.7	70.2	59.4
Feb-17	64.7	70.4	59.2
Mar-17	64.9	70.5	59.5
Apr-17	64.9	70.7	59.4
May-17	65.0	70.6	59.6
Jun-17	65.1	70.5	59.8
Jul-17	65.2	70.7	59.8
Aug-17	65.3	70.8	60.0
Sep-17	65.3	70.7	60.1
Oct-17	65.3	70.6	60.1
Nov-17	65.5	70.9	60.3
Dec-17	65.8	71.2	60.6
Jan-18	65.8	71.2	60.5
Feb-18	65.7	71.0	60.6
Mar-18	65.6	70.8	60.5
Apr-18	65.6	70.9	60.5
May-18	65.4	70.7	60.4
Jun-18	65.7	70.9	60.6
Jul-18	65.5	70.9	60.3
Aug-18	65.6	71.0	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	65.7	71.0	60.5
Jan-19	65.7	71.0	60.7
Feb-19	65.6	70.7	60.6
Mar-19	65.7	71.0	60.6
Apr-19	65.9	71.0	60.9
May-19	66.0	71.5	60.8
Jun-19	66.0	71.2	60.9
Jul-19	66.0	71.2	61.0
Aug-19	66.1	71.3	61.2
Sep-19	66.1	71.1	61.2
Oct-19	65.9	70.9	61.2
Nov-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
Dec-19	65.9	71.0	61.1
Jan-20	66.1	70.8	61.5
Feb-20	65.9	70.8	61.2
Mar-20	65.9	70.8	61.2
Apr-20	63.5	68.9	58.4
May-20	62.6	67.9	57.5
Jun-20	64.0	69.1	59.2
Jul-20	64.7	69.6	59.9
Aug-20	65.0	69.9	60.3
Sep-20	64.8	69.7	60.1
Oct-20	65.8	70.8	60.9
Nov-20	66.1	71.0	61.4
Dec-20	66.2	71.1	61.4

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2020:

The underemployment rate decreased by 0.8 pts to 8.5% (0.3 pts higher than a year ago)
The underutilisation rate decreased by 1.1 pts to 15.1%

See the article Underemployment: Reduced hours or prefers more hours for more.

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Dec-10	7.0	5.3	8.9
Jan-11	6.8	5.1	8.9
Feb-11	6.9	5.1	9.0
Mar-11	6.9	5.2	9.0
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	7.4	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	5.3	9.0
Jan-13	7.0	5.3	8.9
Feb-13	7.1	5.4	9.0
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	9.7
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	7.7	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	8.6	6.7	10.9
Dec-14	8.4	6.5	10.7
Jan-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Feb-15	8.5	6.4	11.0
Mar-15	8.2	5.9	10.8
Apr-15	8.3	6.4	10.6
May-15	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-15	8.4	6.5	10.6
Jul-15	8.6	6.8	10.7
Aug-15	8.4	6.4	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	7.1	10.4
May-16	8.3	6.7	10.2
Jun-16	8.8	7.0	10.8
Jul-16	9.0	7.0	11.3
Aug-16	8.8	7.1	10.7
Sep-16	8.7	6.9	10.8
Oct-16	8.5	6.8	10.5
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	8.8	6.7	11.1
May-17	8.7	6.8	10.8
Jun-17	8.4	6.6	10.5
Jul-17	8.5	6.8	10.5
Aug-17	8.6	6.8	10.6
Sep-17	8.5	6.7	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	8.7	7.0	10.6
Feb-18	8.5	6.6	10.7
Mar-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Apr-18	8.5	6.4	10.8
May-18	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Jul-18	8.5	6.3	10.9
Aug-18	8.2	6.0	10.6
Sep-18	8.3	6.3	10.6
Oct-18	8.3	6.2	10.6
Nov-18	8.5	6.6	10.7
Dec-18	8.3	6.5	10.4
Jan-19	8.1	6.2	10.3
Feb-19	8.1	6.2	10.2
Mar-19	8.3	6.5	10.3
Apr-19	8.5	6.9	10.3
May-19	8.5	6.8	10.5
Jun-19	8.2	6.6	10.0
Jul-19	8.4	6.7	10.4
Aug-19	8.5	6.9	10.3
Sep-19	8.3	6.8	10.1
Oct-19	8.5	6.7	10.5
Nov-19	8.3	6.7	10.2
Dec-19	8.2	6.6	10.0
Jan-20	8.6	6.7	10.7
Feb-20	8.6	6.6	10.9
Mar-20	8.8	7.2	10.6
Apr-20	13.8	12.6	15.0
May-20	13.1	12.2	14.1
Jun-20	11.7	10.9	12.6
Jul-20	11.2	10.3	12.2
Aug-20	11.2	10.4	12.1
Sep-20	11.4	10.7	12.2
Oct-20	10.4	9.1	11.7
Nov-20	9.4	8.0	10.9
Dec-20	8.5	7.1	10.2

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and territories

December 2020, Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,076,400	3,385,800	2,579,900	852,400	1,379,900	254,100	129,200	238,700	12,910,800
Employed people - monthly change	-0.4%	0.4%	1.4%	-0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.7%	-1.5%	0.4%
Employment to population ratio	61.4%	61.7%	61.7%	58.6%	64.3%	56.8%	68.5%	69.5%	61.8%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	-0.3 pts	0.2 pts	0.8 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.5 pts	-1.1 pts	0.2 pts
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.5%	7.5%	6.4%	6.2%	7.0%	5.4%	3.7%	6.6%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	-0.1 pts	-0.6 pts	-0.2 pts	0.2 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.9 pts	-0.5 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.2 pts
Underemployment rate	8.4%	9.0%	8.6%	10.4%	7.7%	9.8%	6.4%	6.0%	8.5%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	-0.4 pts	-1.6 pts	-0.8 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.5 pts	0.4 pts	0.3 pts	-0.8 pts
Participation rate	65.5%	66.0%	66.7%	62.5%	68.6%	61.1%	72.4%	72.2%	66.2%
Participation rate - monthly change	-0.4 pts	-0.2 pts	0.7 pts	0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.4 pts	0.1 pts	-1.3 pts	0.1 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	November outgoing rotation group	December incoming rotation group	December outgoing rotation group	December estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	61.3%	64.2%	60.9%	62.4%
Full-time employment to population ratio	41.3%	44.4%	40.5%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.6%	5.3%	6.3%
Participation rate	64.8%	68.7%	64.2%	66.6%

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

APA

Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

Managing the impact of COVID-19 on labour force statistics

Survey response and timeline

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Seasonal Adjustment

Treatment of people on JobKeeper, JobSeeker or stood down

1. People paid through the JobKeeper wage subsidy: employed

2. People in receipt of the JobSeeker payment: it depends on their labour market activity

3. People not working any hours, including those who were stood down: it depends on their job attachment and pay, and potentially other labour market activity

Articles and other information

Unemployment

Employment

Flows into and out of employment

Flows in labour force status, November to December

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

Previous catalogue number

Methodology

Articles

Insights into hours worked, December 2020

Underemployment: Reduced hours or prefers more hours

Media releases

Employment rose 50,000 in December