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Headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked from the monthly Labour Force Survey

Reference period

February 2020

Released

19/03/2020

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Key statistics

Unemployment rate remained at 5.1%.
Participation rate remained at 66.0%.
Employment increased 21,100 to 13,010,200 people.
Employment to population ratio remained at 62.6%.
Underemployment rate remained at 8.6%.
Monthly hours worked decreased 1 million hours to 1,779 million hours.

Managing the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on labour force statistics

The ABS is currently monitoring for potential impacts from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Labour Force statistics and will continue to do so for the period of the pandemic.

Quality assurance of data for February did not identify any notable impact to headline statistics. It is important to note that the reference weeks for February fell in the first half of the month, at a point where there was only a relatively low number of confirmed COVID-19 cases within Australia and before it was declared a global pandemic.

As with other major disruption to the economy, early impacts are usually most evident in the Monthly hours worked in all jobs series (Table 19). Additional information, such as the reason people worked fewer hours than usual, is available within Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, due for release on 26 March.

The ABS intends to profile some of the information on the reason people worked fewer hours than usual, which can be found in pivot tables EM2a and EM2b, on 26 March. The ABS will include additional advice in that summary, noting that some caution needs to be exercised when using original data at more disaggregated levels, as they are subject to larger sampling variability and seasonal patterns.

The ABS will also be actively managing the potential risks from COVID-19 to data collection operations. Around 90% of responses to the Labour Force Survey are provided through telephone interviews or online, leaving around 10% involving face-to-face interviews. Respondents in the survey may note changes in how the ABS contacts or approaches them over the coming months, and acknowledges the tremendous support that the Australia community is continuing to provide in supporting high quality and critically important Labour Force statistics.

On 18 March, the ABS also released some interactive employment maps based on the most recent data from Jobs in Australia, which is based on summary administrative data, to support a regional assessment of potential impacts of COVID-19 on employment.

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Managing the impact of the Townsville floods in February 2019

		Jan 20	Feb 20	Monthly change	Yearly change
Trend
	Employed people	12,989,000	13,010,200	21,100	1.9%
	Unemployed people	700,200	698,900	-1,300	3.0%
	Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.1%	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
	Underemployment rate	8.6%	8.6%	0.0 pts	0.3 pts
	Participation rate	66.0%	66.0%	0.0 pts	0.3 pts
	Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,780 million	1,779 million	-1 million	0.8%
Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people	12,988,400	13,015,100	26,700	2.0%
	Unemployed people	725,500	699,100	-26,400	5.0%
	Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.1%	-0.2 pts	0.1 pts
	Underemployment rate	8.6%	8.6%	0.0 pts	0.6 pts
	Participation rate	66.1%	66.0%	-0.1 pts	0.4 pts
	Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,778 million	1,775 million	-3 million	0.5%

All data are trend unless otherwise stated. The trend series smooths the more volatile seasonally adjusted estimates and provides the best measure of the underlying behaviour of the labour market.

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

Unemployment

In February 2020:

the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.1% (the same level as a year ago)
unemployed people decreased by 1,300 to 698,900 (and increased by 20,000 over the year to February 2020)
the youth unemployment rate (i.e. for those aged 15-24) increased by 0.1 pts to 12.0% (and increased 0.5 pts over the year to February 2020)

In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2020:

the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 pts to 5.1% (and increased by 0.1 pts over the year to February 2020)
unemployed people decreased by 26,400 to 699,100 (and increased by 33,500 over the year to February 2020)
the youth unemployment rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 12.2% (and increased 1.1 pts over the year to February 2020)

Unemployment rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb 2010	5.4	5.3
Mar 2010	5.4	5.4
Apr 2010	5.3	5.5
May 2010	5.3	5.2
Jun 2010	5.2	5.1
Jul 2010	5.2	5.3
Aug 2010	5.2	5.0
Sep 2010	5.1	5.1
Oct 2010	5.1	5.3
Nov 2010	5.1	5.1
Dec 2010	5.0	4.9
Jan 2011	5.0	5.0
Feb 2011	5.0	5.0
Mar 2011	5.0	4.9
Apr 2011	5.0	5.0
May 2011	5.0	5.0
Jun 2011	5.0	4.9
Jul 2011	5.1	5.1
Aug 2011	5.2	5.3
Sep 2011	5.2	5.2
Oct 2011	5.3	5.2
Nov 2011	5.3	5.2
Dec 2011	5.2	5.2
Jan 2012	5.2	5.0
Feb 2012	5.2	5.2
Mar 2012	5.1	5.2
Apr 2012	5.1	5.0
May 2012	5.2	5.2
Jun 2012	5.2	5.2
Jul 2012	5.2	5.2
Aug 2012	5.3	5.1
Sep 2012	5.3	5.5
Oct 2012	5.3	5.4
Nov 2012	5.4	5.3
Dec 2012	5.4	5.4
Jan 2013	5.4	5.4
Feb 2013	5.5	5.4
Mar 2013	5.6	5.6
Apr 2013	5.6	5.6
May 2013	5.6	5.6
Jun 2013	5.7	5.7
Jul 2013	5.7	5.6
Aug 2013	5.7	5.8
Sep 2013	5.8	5.7
Oct 2013	5.8	5.8
Nov 2013	5.8	5.8
Dec 2013	5.9	5.9
Jan 2014	5.9	5.9
Feb 2014	5.8	5.9
Mar 2014	5.8	5.9
Apr 2014	5.9	5.8
May 2014	5.9	5.9
Jun 2014	6.0	6.0
Jul 2014	6.1	6.2
Aug 2014	6.2	6.1
Sep 2014	6.2	6.2
Oct 2014	6.3	6.4
Nov 2014	6.3	6.3
Dec 2014	6.3	6.1
Jan 2015	6.2	6.3
Feb 2015	6.2	6.1
Mar 2015	6.1	6.1
Apr 2015	6.1	6.1
May 2015	6.1	5.9
Jun 2015	6.1	6.0
Jul 2015	6.1	6.3
Aug 2015	6.0	6.1
Sep 2015	6.0	6.2
Oct 2015	5.9	5.9
Nov 2015	5.9	5.9
Dec 2015	5.8	5.7
Jan 2016	5.8	6.0
Feb 2016	5.7	5.7
Mar 2016	5.7	5.6
Apr 2016	5.7	5.6
May 2016	5.7	5.7
Jun 2016	5.6	5.7
Jul 2016	5.6	5.7
Aug 2016	5.6	5.6
Sep 2016	5.6	5.6
Oct 2016	5.7	5.6
Nov 2016	5.7	5.8
Dec 2016	5.8	5.8
Jan 2017	5.8	5.7
Feb 2017	5.8	5.8
Mar 2017	5.8	5.8
Apr 2017	5.7	5.6
May 2017	5.7	5.5
Jun 2017	5.6	5.6
Jul 2017	5.5	5.6
Aug 2017	5.5	5.5
Sep 2017	5.5	5.4
Oct 2017	5.5	5.4
Nov 2017	5.5	5.4
Dec 2017	5.5	5.6
Jan 2018	5.5	5.5
Feb 2018	5.5	5.6
Mar 2018	5.5	5.5
Apr 2018	5.5	5.5
May 2018	5.4	5.4
Jun 2018	5.4	5.3
Jul 2018	5.3	5.3
Aug 2018	5.2	5.3
Sep 2018	5.1	5.0
Oct 2018	5.1	5.0
Nov 2018	5.0	5.1
Dec 2018	5.0	5.0
Jan 2019	5.0	5.1
Feb 2019	5.0	5.0
Mar 2019	5.1	5.1
Apr 2019	5.1	5.2
May 2019	5.2	5.2
Jun 2019	5.2	5.3
Jul 2019	5.2	5.2
Aug 2019	5.3	5.3
Sep 2019	5.2	5.2
Oct 2019	5.2	5.3
Nov 2019	5.2	5.2
Dec 2019	5.1	5.1
Jan 2020	5.1	5.3
Feb 2020	5.1	5.1

Unemployment rate

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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2017","Sep 2017","Oct 2017","Nov 2017","Dec 2017","Jan 2018","Feb 2018","Mar 2018","Apr 2018","May 2018","Jun 2018","Jul 2018","Aug 2018","Sep 2018","Oct 2018","Nov 2018","Dec 2018","Jan 2019","Feb 2019","Mar 2019","Apr 2019","May 2019","Jun 2019","Jul 2019","Aug 2019","Sep 2019","Oct 2019","Nov 2019","Dec 2019","Jan 2020","Feb 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Employment

In February 2020:

employment increased by 0.16% or 21,100 people to 13,010,200, which was the same as the 20 year average monthly growth rate
over the year to February 2020, employment increased by 1.9% or 241,300 people, which was lower than the 20 year annual average growth rate of 2.0%

In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2020:

employment increased by 26,700 to 13,015,100 people
over the year to February 2020, employment increased by 2.0% or 256,300 people

Underpinning these net changes in employment is extensive change which occurs in the labour market. In recent months there has generally been considerably more than 300,000 people entering employment, and more than 300,000 leaving employment each month. There are also changes in the hours that people work, which can have an impact on the full-time and part-time composition of employment.

Employed persons
	Trend ('000)	Seasonally adjusted ('000)
Feb 2010	10,920.9	10,919.3
Mar 2010	10,931.9	10,925.2
Apr 2010	10,942.9	10,937.1
May 2010	10,957.7	10,938.5
Jun 2010	10,979.9	10,992.7
Jul 2010	11,010.4	11,019.0
Aug 2010	11,046.2	11,060.0
Sep 2010	11,082.3	11,088.1
Oct 2010	11,114.7	11,104.3
Nov 2010	11,140.5	11,162.6
Dec 2010	11,159.1	11,168.4
Jan 2011	11,171.7	11,199.3
Feb 2011	11,179.8	11,174.4
Mar 2011	11,185.8	11,214.9
Apr 2011	11,191.1	11,182.3
May 2011	11,197.8	11,172.2
Jun 2011	11,206.4	11,206.0
Jul 2011	11,216.0	11,209.8
Aug 2011	11,226.6	11,216.8
Sep 2011	11,237.2	11,247.3
Oct 2011	11,246.9	11,249.2
Nov 2011	11,254.8	11,252.2
Dec 2011	11,262.5	11,230.8
Jan 2012	11,272.0	11,304.6
Feb 2012	11,285.1	11,269.4
Mar 2012	11,301.7	11,333.1
Apr 2012	11,319.3	11,322.1
May 2012	11,335.0	11,363.9
Jun 2012	11,347.4	11,339.6
Jul 2012	11,356.1	11,348.9
Aug 2012	11,362.6	11,357.0
Sep 2012	11,370.2	11,391.9
Oct 2012	11,380.5	11,391.3
Nov 2012	11,393.4	11,384.8
Dec 2012	11,407.9	11,395.7
Jan 2013	11,422.3	11,462.6
Feb 2013	11,435.9	11,465.5
Mar 2013	11,447.1	11,434.7
Apr 2013	11,455.7	11,467.9
May 2013	11,462.1	11,458.0
Jun 2013	11,466.4	11,471.8
Jul 2013	11,468.8	11,457.8
Aug 2013	11,468.1	11,454.1
Sep 2013	11,463.8	11,476.7
Oct 2013	11,458.0	11,471.1
Nov 2013	11,454.1	11,448.7
Dec 2013	11,455.4	11,418.1
Jan 2014	11,464.0	11,454.6
Feb 2014	11,479.3	11,477.3
Mar 2014	11,498.7	11,531.5
Apr 2014	11,517.3	11,538.8
May 2014	11,531.1	11,514.3
Jun 2014	11,539.1	11,531.0
Jul 2014	11,543.7	11,546.1
Aug 2014	11,547.4	11,545.9
Sep 2014	11,553.6	11,547.5
Oct 2014	11,564.3	11,543.0
Nov 2014	11,579.6	11,545.1
Dec 2014	11,599.4	11,597.4
Jan 2015	11,622.9	11,607.0
Feb 2015	11,648.3	11,677.5
Mar 2015	11,673.6	11,692.8
Apr 2015	11,696.7	11,693.6
May 2015	11,717.5	11,735.7
Jun 2015	11,738.0	11,730.0
Jul 2015	11,760.6	11,761.7
Aug 2015	11,787.6	11,773.3
Sep 2015	11,818.9	11,784.4
Oct 2015	11,851.0	11,861.2
Nov 2015	11,881.5	11,897.6
Dec 2015	11,906.7	11,905.7
Jan 2016	11,924.1	11,909.1
Feb 2016	11,935.8	11,930.5
Mar 2016	11,944.5	11,940.5
Apr 2016	11,953.0	11,949.2
May 2016	11,961.7	11,945.5
Jun 2016	11,969.7	11,966.0
Jul 2016	11,977.0	11,997.7
Aug 2016	11,984.1	11,973.0
Sep 2016	11,990.8	11,954.2
Oct 2016	11,998.8	11,986.2
Nov 2016	12,009.7	12,014.4
Dec 2016	12,025.2	12,036.5
Jan 2017	12,047.8	12,053.5
Feb 2017	12,077.2	12,061.4
Mar 2017	12,112.8	12,116.3
Apr 2017	12,153.2	12,170.1
May 2017	12,194.7	12,196.5
Jun 2017	12,234.3	12,227.8
Jul 2017	12,270.9	12,261.7
Aug 2017	12,305.0	12,313.0
Sep 2017	12,338.6	12,343.7
Oct 2017	12,372.4	12,355.8
Nov 2017	12,405.6	12,412.1
Dec 2017	12,435.8	12,452.2
Jan 2018	12,460.1	12,483.3
Feb 2018	12,477.7	12,484.1
Mar 2018	12,491.7	12,489.0
Apr 2018	12,505.4	12,507.4
May 2018	12,522.8	12,507.4
Jun 2018	12,546.2	12,576.8
Jul 2018	12,574.0	12,575.3
Aug 2018	12,604.2	12,615.8
Sep 2018	12,634.6	12,627.7
Oct 2018	12,663.4	12,665.7
Nov 2018	12,689.6	12,700.0
Dec 2018	12,715.2	12,723.1
Jan 2019	12,741.7	12,751.5
Feb 2019	12,768.9	12,758.9
Mar 2019	12,796.4	12,781.9
Apr 2019	12,823.9	12,815.8
May 2019	12,850.5	12,854.5
Jun 2019	12,874.3	12,856.8
Jul 2019	12,894.1	12,886.7
Aug 2019	12,910.1	12,923.2
Sep 2019	12,923.5	12,934.8
Oct 2019	12,936.7	12,910.6
Nov 2019	12,951.7	12,946.3
Dec 2019	12,969.4	12,975.5
Jan 2020	12,989.0	12,988.4
Feb 2020	13,010.2	13,015.1

Employed persons

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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Full-time and part-time employment

In February 2020:

full-time employment increased by 13,300 to 8,885,600 people, and part-time employment increased 7,800 to 4,124,500 people
over the year to February 2020, full-time employment increased by 132,500 people and part-time employment increased by 108,800 people

This has led to an increase in the part-time share of employment from 31.4% to 31.7% over the year to February 2020.

In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2020:

full-time employment increased 6,700 to 8,884,600, and part-time employment increased 20,000 to 4,130,600
over the year to February 2020, full-time employment increased by 144,300 people and part-time employment increased by 111,900 people

Employment to population ratio

In February 2020:

the employment to population ratio remained steady at 62.6%, and increased 0.2 pts from the same time last year

In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2020:

the employment to population ratio remained steady at 62.6%, and increased by 0.3 pts from the same time last year

The employment to population ratio provides a measure of the change in employment relative to changes in the size of the population.

Employment to population ratio
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb 2010	61.8	61.7
Mar 2010	61.7	61.7
Apr 2010	61.7	61.7
May 2010	61.7	61.6
Jun 2010	61.8	61.9
Jul 2010	61.9	61.9
Aug 2010	62.0	62.1
Sep 2010	62.1	62.2
Oct 2010	62.2	62.2
Nov 2010	62.3	62.4
Dec 2010	62.3	62.4
Jan 2011	62.3	62.5
Feb 2011	62.3	62.2
Mar 2011	62.2	62.4
Apr 2011	62.2	62.1
May 2011	62.1	62.0
Jun 2011	62.1	62.1
Jul 2011	62.1	62.0
Aug 2011	62.1	62.0
Sep 2011	62.0	62.1
Oct 2011	62.0	62.0
Nov 2011	61.9	61.9
Dec 2011	61.9	61.7
Jan 2012	61.8	62.0
Feb 2012	61.8	61.7
Mar 2012	61.8	62.0
Apr 2012	61.8	61.8
May 2012	61.8	61.9
Jun 2012	61.8	61.7
Jul 2012	61.7	61.7
Aug 2012	61.7	61.6
Sep 2012	61.6	61.7
Oct 2012	61.6	61.7
Nov 2012	61.6	61.5
Dec 2012	61.6	61.5
Jan 2013	61.5	61.8
Feb 2013	61.5	61.7
Mar 2013	61.5	61.4
Apr 2013	61.4	61.5
May 2013	61.4	61.4
Jun 2013	61.3	61.4
Jul 2013	61.3	61.2
Aug 2013	61.2	61.1
Sep 2013	61.1	61.2
Oct 2013	61.0	61.1
Nov 2013	60.9	60.9
Dec 2013	60.8	60.7
Jan 2014	60.8	60.7
Feb 2014	60.8	60.8
Mar 2014	60.8	60.9
Apr 2014	60.8	60.9
May 2014	60.8	60.7
Jun 2014	60.8	60.8
Jul 2014	60.8	60.8
Aug 2014	60.7	60.7
Sep 2014	60.7	60.6
Oct 2014	60.7	60.5
Nov 2014	60.7	60.5
Dec 2014	60.7	60.7
Jan 2015	60.7	60.6
Feb 2015	60.8	60.9
Mar 2015	60.8	60.9
Apr 2015	60.9	60.8
May 2015	60.9	61.0
Jun 2015	60.9	60.9
Jul 2015	61.0	61.0
Aug 2015	61.1	61.0
Sep 2015	61.2	61.0
Oct 2015	61.3	61.3
Nov 2015	61.3	61.4
Dec 2015	61.4	61.4
Jan 2016	61.4	61.3
Feb 2016	61.4	61.3
Mar 2016	61.3	61.3
Apr 2016	61.3	61.2
May 2016	61.2	61.2
Jun 2016	61.2	61.2
Jul 2016	61.1	61.3
Aug 2016	61.1	61.0
Sep 2016	61.1	60.9
Oct 2016	61.0	60.9
Nov 2016	61.0	61.0
Dec 2016	61.0	61.0
Jan 2017	61.0	61.0
Feb 2017	61.0	60.9
Mar 2017	61.1	61.1
Apr 2017	61.2	61.3
May 2017	61.3	61.4
Jun 2017	61.5	61.4
Jul 2017	61.6	61.5
Aug 2017	61.7	61.7
Sep 2017	61.8	61.8
Oct 2017	61.9	61.8
Nov 2017	61.9	62.0
Dec 2017	62.0	62.1
Jan 2018	62.0	62.2
Feb 2018	62.0	62.0
Mar 2018	62.0	62.0
Apr 2018	62.0	62.0
May 2018	62.0	61.9
Jun 2018	62.0	62.2
Jul 2018	62.1	62.1
Aug 2018	62.1	62.2
Sep 2018	62.2	62.1
Oct 2018	62.2	62.2
Nov 2018	62.3	62.3
Dec 2018	62.3	62.4
Jan 2019	62.4	62.4
Feb 2019	62.4	62.3
Mar 2019	62.4	62.3
Apr 2019	62.5	62.4
May 2019	62.5	62.6
Jun 2019	62.6	62.5
Jul 2019	62.6	62.6
Aug 2019	62.6	62.7
Sep 2019	62.6	62.6
Oct 2019	62.6	62.5
Nov 2019	62.6	62.6
Dec 2019	62.6	62.7
Jan 2020	62.6	62.6
Feb 2020	62.6	62.6

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Hours worked

In February 2020, monthly hours worked in all jobs:

decreased by 1 million hours (0.0%) to 1,779 million hours
increased by 0.8% over the year, which is below the 1.9% increase in employed people

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

decreased by 3 million hours (0.2%) to 1,775 million hours
increased by 0.5% over the year, which is below the 2.0% increase in employed people

Monthly hours worked in all jobs
	Trend (m)	Seasonally adjusted (m)
Feb 2010	1,534.7	1,537.0
Mar 2010	1,537.6	1,525.4
Apr 2010	1,541.0	1,537.7
May 2010	1,545.3	1,554.2
Jun 2010	1,550.4	1,554.0
Jul 2010	1,555.6	1,548.4
Aug 2010	1,560.5	1,562.9
Sep 2010	1,565.1	1,562.1
Oct 2010	1,569.6	1,566.8
Nov 2010	1,573.8	1,571.4
Dec 2010	1,577.0	1,569.4
Jan 2011	1,578.6	1,582.0
Feb 2011	1,578.7	1,579.9
Mar 2011	1,578.1	1,579.1
Apr 2011	1,577.3	1,554.9
May 2011	1,577.4	1,573.5
Jun 2011	1,578.7	1,582.0
Jul 2011	1,580.6	1,582.9
Aug 2011	1,582.5	1,584.1
Sep 2011	1,583.8	1,581.3
Oct 2011	1,584.5	1,590.7
Nov 2011	1,585.1	1,585.9
Dec 2011	1,586.7	1,587.1
Jan 2012	1,589.4	1,589.5
Feb 2012	1,592.2	1,586.3
Mar 2012	1,594.2	1,595.4
Apr 2012	1,594.9	1,599.6
May 2012	1,594.1	1,604.5
Jun 2012	1,592.1	1,578.3
Jul 2012	1,590.4	1,588.9
Aug 2012	1,589.8	1,587.8
Sep 2012	1,590.9	1,598.6
Oct 2012	1,593.5	1,583.4
Nov 2012	1,596.3	1,600.4
Dec 2012	1,598.7	1,602.9
Jan 2013	1,600.2	1,601.4
Feb 2013	1,601.3	1,603.3
Mar 2013	1,602.5	1,596.9
Apr 2013	1,604.2	1,613.1
May 2013	1,606.4	1,604.8
Jun 2013	1,608.9	1,604.9
Jul 2013	1,610.4	1,615.2
Aug 2013	1,610.3	1,619.2
Sep 2013	1,609.1	1,607.4
Oct 2013	1,607.5	1,606.7
Nov 2013	1,606.3	1,603.4
Dec 2013	1,605.6	1,604.3
Jan 2014	1,605.5	1,597.9
Feb 2014	1,606.3	1,606.0
Mar 2014	1,607.8	1,613.4
Apr 2014	1,609.7	1,602.5
May 2014	1,611.8	1,610.1
Jun 2014	1,613.5	1,617.0
Jul 2014	1,614.3	1,615.2
Aug 2014	1,614.3	1,615.3
Sep 2014	1,613.8	1,611.0
Oct 2014	1,614.0	1,611.6
Nov 2014	1,615.7	1,612.5
Dec 2014	1,619.3	1,600.0
Jan 2015	1,623.8	1,629.4
Feb 2015	1,628.1	1,627.3
Mar 2015	1,631.2	1,635.9
Apr 2015	1,633.0	1,638.7
May 2015	1,634.3	1,635.2
Jun 2015	1,636.0	1,632.9
Jul 2015	1,638.6	1,639.4
Aug 2015	1,642.0	1,637.1
Sep 2015	1,646.0	1,648.6
Oct 2015	1,650.3	1,653.0
Nov 2015	1,653.9	1,654.1
Dec 2015	1,656.2	1,650.9
Jan 2016	1,657.0	1,661.3
Feb 2016	1,656.7	1,663.5
Mar 2016	1,656.1	1,653.9
Apr 2016	1,655.7	1,633.8
May 2016	1,655.7	1,662.9
Jun 2016	1,656.4	1,655.8
Jul 2016	1,657.9	1,660.8
Aug 2016	1,660.3	1,663.1
Sep 2016	1,662.7	1,659.2
Oct 2016	1,665.1	1,665.0
Nov 2016	1,667.4	1,666.9
Dec 2016	1,669.5	1,673.5
Jan 2017	1,671.5	1,694.4
Feb 2017	1,674.2	1,662.7
Mar 2017	1,677.8	1,676.7
Apr 2017	1,682.6	1,665.8
May 2017	1,688.3	1,710.6
Jun 2017	1,694.3	1,705.2
Jul 2017	1,700.6	1,697.8
Aug 2017	1,706.4	1,703.2
Sep 2017	1,711.6	1,711.1
Oct 2017	1,715.9	1,714.9
Nov 2017	1,719.3	1,727.8
Dec 2017	1,721.4	1,720.8
Jan 2018	1,722.4	1,700.4
Feb 2018	1,723.0	1,723.7
Mar 2018	1,724.4	1,723.9
Apr 2018	1,727.0	1,745.8
May 2018	1,730.7	1,729.3
Jun 2018	1,735.1	1,738.7
Jul 2018	1,739.4	1,740.6
Aug 2018	1,743.4	1,741.6
Sep 2018	1,746.8	1,746.8
Oct 2018	1,750.1	1,753.3
Nov 2018	1,753.8	1,751.4
Dec 2018	1,758.1	1,749.7
Jan 2019	1,762.3	1,763.2
Feb 2019	1,765.6	1,765.8
Mar 2019	1,767.7	1,774.2
Apr 2019	1,769.0	1,772.2
May 2019	1,769.9	1,766.3
Jun 2019	1,770.9	1,765.8
Jul 2019	1,772.7	1,773.6
Aug 2019	1,775.3	1,777.3
Sep 2019	1,778.0	1,781.0
Oct 2019	1,779.8	1,777.1
Nov 2019	1,780.5	1,779.6
Dec 2019	1,780.5	1,787.3
Jan 2020	1,780.0	1,778.4
Feb 2020	1,779.3	1,775.4

Monthly hours worked in all jobs

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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2017","Sep 2017","Oct 2017","Nov 2017","Dec 2017","Jan 2018","Feb 2018","Mar 2018","Apr 2018","May 2018","Jun 2018","Jul 2018","Aug 2018","Sep 2018","Oct 2018","Nov 2018","Dec 2018","Jan 2019","Feb 2019","Mar 2019","Apr 2019","May 2019","Jun 2019","Jul 2019","Aug 2019","Sep 2019","Oct 2019","Nov 2019","Dec 2019","Jan 2020","Feb 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Participation

In February 2020, the participation rate:

remained steady at 66.0%, and increased 0.3 pts over the year to February 2020
remained steady for both men (70.8%) and women (61.3%)
increased by less than 0.1 pts to 78.8% for 15 to 64 year olds (the working age population). For 15 to 64 year old men, it was 83.2% and for 15 to 64 year old it was women 74.4%
increased 0.1 pts to 68.6% for 15 to 24 year olds

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

decreased 0.1 pts to 66.0%, and increased 0.4 pts over the year to February 2020
remained steady for men (70.8%) and decreased by 0.2 pts for women (61.3%)

decreased by 0.2 pts to 78.7% for 15 to 64 year olds (the working age population). For 15 to 64 year old men, it was 83.1% and for 15 to 64 year old women it was 74.4%
decreased 0.2 pts to 68.5% for 15 to 24 year olds

Participation rate
	Trend (%)	Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb 2010	65.3	65.2
Mar 2010	65.2	65.2
Apr 2010	65.2	65.3
May 2010	65.2	65.0
Jun 2010	65.2	65.2
Jul 2010	65.3	65.4
Aug 2010	65.4	65.4
Sep 2010	65.5	65.5
Oct 2010	65.6	65.7
Nov 2010	65.6	65.8
Dec 2010	65.6	65.6
Jan 2011	65.6	65.8
Feb 2011	65.5	65.5
Mar 2011	65.5	65.6
Apr 2011	65.4	65.4
May 2011	65.4	65.3
Jun 2011	65.4	65.3
Jul 2011	65.4	65.4
Aug 2011	65.4	65.4
Sep 2011	65.5	65.5
Oct 2011	65.4	65.4
Nov 2011	65.4	65.4
Dec 2011	65.3	65.1
Jan 2012	65.2	65.3
Feb 2012	65.2	65.1
Mar 2012	65.1	65.3
Apr 2012	65.1	65.1
May 2012	65.2	65.3
Jun 2012	65.2	65.1
Jul 2012	65.1	65.1
Aug 2012	65.1	65.0
Sep 2012	65.1	65.3
Oct 2012	65.1	65.2
Nov 2012	65.1	64.9
Dec 2012	65.1	65.0
Jan 2013	65.1	65.3
Feb 2013	65.1	65.2
Mar 2013	65.1	65.1
Apr 2013	65.1	65.2
May 2013	65.1	65.0
Jun 2013	65.0	65.1
Jul 2013	65.0	64.9
Aug 2013	64.9	64.9
Sep 2013	64.8	64.8
Oct 2013	64.8	64.8
Nov 2013	64.7	64.6
Dec 2013	64.6	64.5
Jan 2014	64.6	64.6
Feb 2014	64.6	64.6
Mar 2014	64.6	64.7
Apr 2014	64.6	64.7
May 2014	64.6	64.6
Jun 2014	64.7	64.7
Jul 2014	64.7	64.8
Aug 2014	64.7	64.6
Sep 2014	64.7	64.7
Oct 2014	64.7	64.7
Nov 2014	64.7	64.5
Dec 2014	64.7	64.6
Jan 2015	64.8	64.7
Feb 2015	64.8	64.9
Mar 2015	64.8	64.9
Apr 2015	64.8	64.8
May 2015	64.9	64.9
Jun 2015	64.9	64.8
Jul 2015	64.9	65.1
Aug 2015	65.0	64.9
Sep 2015	65.1	65.0
Oct 2015	65.1	65.2
Nov 2015	65.2	65.2
Dec 2015	65.2	65.1
Jan 2016	65.1	65.2
Feb 2016	65.1	65.0
Mar 2016	65.0	64.9
Apr 2016	65.0	64.9
May 2016	64.9	64.9
Jun 2016	64.9	64.9
Jul 2016	64.8	64.9
Aug 2016	64.7	64.7
Sep 2016	64.7	64.5
Oct 2016	64.7	64.5
Nov 2016	64.7	64.7
Dec 2016	64.7	64.8
Jan 2017	64.7	64.7
Feb 2017	64.8	64.7
Mar 2017	64.8	64.9
Apr 2017	64.9	64.9
May 2017	65.0	65.0
Jun 2017	65.1	65.1
Jul 2017	65.2	65.2
Aug 2017	65.3	65.3
Sep 2017	65.3	65.3
Oct 2017	65.4	65.3
Nov 2017	65.5	65.5
Dec 2017	65.6	65.8
Jan 2018	65.6	65.8
Feb 2018	65.6	65.7
Mar 2018	65.6	65.6
Apr 2018	65.6	65.6
May 2018	65.5	65.4
Jun 2018	65.5	65.7
Jul 2018	65.5	65.5
Aug 2018	65.5	65.6
Sep 2018	65.6	65.4
Oct 2018	65.6	65.5
Nov 2018	65.6	65.7
Dec 2018	65.6	65.7
Jan 2019	65.7	65.7
Feb 2019	65.7	65.6
Mar 2019	65.8	65.7
Apr 2019	65.9	65.9
May 2019	66.0	66.0
Jun 2019	66.0	66.0
Jul 2019	66.1	66.1
Aug 2019	66.1	66.2
Sep 2019	66.1	66.1
Oct 2019	66.0	66.0
Nov 2019	66.0	66.0
Dec 2019	66.0	66.0
Jan 2020	66.0	66.1
Feb 2020	66.0	66.0

Participation rate

["","Trend","Seasonally adjusted"]

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2017","Sep 2017","Oct 2017","Nov 2017","Dec 2017","Jan 2018","Feb 2018","Mar 2018","Apr 2018","May 2018","Jun 2018","Jul 2018","Aug 2018","Sep 2018","Oct 2018","Nov 2018","Dec 2018","Jan 2019","Feb 2019","Mar 2019","Apr 2019","May 2019","Jun 2019","Jul 2019","Aug 2019","Sep 2019","Oct 2019","Nov 2019","Dec 2019","Jan 2020","Feb 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Underemployment and underutilisation

In February 2020:

the underemployment rate remained steady at 8.6%
the underutilisation rate remained steady at 13.7%

In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2020:

the underemployment rate remained steady at 8.6%
the underutilisation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 13.7%

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate
	Underemployment rate - Trend (%)	Underemployment rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)	Underutilisation rate - Trend (%)	Underutilisation rate - Seasonally adjusted (%)
Feb 2010	7.4	7.5	12.8	12.8
Mar 2010	7.3	7.3	12.7	12.7
Apr 2010	7.2	7.1	12.5	12.6
May 2010	7.1	7.0	12.4	12.2
Jun 2010	7.1	7.0	12.3	12.2
Jul 2010	7.1	7.1	12.3	12.4
Aug 2010	7.1	7.2	12.3	12.2
Sep 2010	7.1	7.1	12.2	12.2
Oct 2010	7.1	7.0	12.2	12.3
Nov 2010	7.0	6.9	12.1	12.0
Dec 2010	7.0	7.0	12.0	11.8
Jan 2011	6.9	6.8	12.0	11.8
Feb 2011	6.9	6.9	11.9	11.9
Mar 2011	7.0	6.9	11.9	11.9
Apr 2011	7.0	7.0	11.9	12.0
May 2011	6.9	7.1	11.9	12.1
Jun 2011	6.9	7.0	11.9	11.9
Jul 2011	6.9	6.8	12.0	11.9
Aug 2011	6.8	6.7	12.0	12.0
Sep 2011	6.9	6.8	12.1	12.1
Oct 2011	6.9	6.9	12.2	12.1
Nov 2011	7.0	7.1	12.3	12.3
Dec 2011	7.1	7.1	12.3	12.3
Jan 2012	7.2	7.2	12.4	12.2
Feb 2012	7.2	7.3	12.4	12.5
Mar 2012	7.3	7.2	12.4	12.4
Apr 2012	7.3	7.3	12.4	12.3
May 2012	7.2	7.4	12.4	12.6
Jun 2012	7.1	7.2	12.3	12.3
Jul 2012	7.0	7.1	12.3	12.2
Aug 2012	7.0	6.9	12.3	12.0
Sep 2012	6.9	6.8	12.3	12.3
Oct 2012	6.9	7.0	12.3	12.4
Nov 2012	7.0	7.0	12.3	12.3
Dec 2012	7.0	7.0	12.4	12.5
Jan 2013	7.1	7.0	12.5	12.4
Feb 2013	7.1	7.1	12.6	12.5
Mar 2013	7.2	7.2	12.8	12.9
Apr 2013	7.3	7.2	12.9	12.8
May 2013	7.4	7.5	13.0	13.1
Jun 2013	7.4	7.5	13.1	13.2
Jul 2013	7.5	7.4	13.2	13.0
Aug 2013	7.5	7.6	13.2	13.4
Sep 2013	7.5	7.4	13.3	13.1
Oct 2013	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.3
Nov 2013	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.3
Dec 2013	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.4
Jan 2014	7.5	7.3	13.3	13.3
Feb 2014	7.5	7.5	13.3	13.4
Mar 2014	7.6	7.5	13.4	13.4
Apr 2014	7.7	7.7	13.5	13.5
May 2014	7.8	7.8	13.7	13.7
Jun 2014	8.0	7.9	14.0	14.0
Jul 2014	8.2	8.3	14.3	14.5
Aug 2014	8.3	8.4	14.5	14.4
Sep 2014	8.4	8.8	14.7	15.1
Oct 2014	8.5	8.2	14.8	14.6
Nov 2014	8.5	8.6	14.8	14.9
Dec 2014	8.5	8.5	14.8	14.6
Jan 2015	8.5	8.5	14.7	14.8
Feb 2015	8.5	8.5	14.6	14.6
Mar 2015	8.4	8.2	14.5	14.2
Apr 2015	8.4	8.3	14.5	14.5
May 2015	8.4	8.4	14.5	14.3
Jun 2015	8.4	8.4	14.5	14.4
Jul 2015	8.5	8.6	14.6	14.9
Aug 2015	8.6	8.4	14.6	14.5
Sep 2015	8.6	8.8	14.6	15.0
Oct 2015	8.6	8.7	14.6	14.6
Nov 2015	8.6	8.6	14.5	14.4
Dec 2015	8.5	8.5	14.4	14.2
Jan 2016	8.5	8.5	14.2	14.5
Feb 2016	8.4	8.3	14.1	14.0
Mar 2016	8.4	8.4	14.1	14.0
Apr 2016	8.5	8.6	14.2	14.3
May 2016	8.6	8.3	14.2	14.0
Jun 2016	8.6	8.8	14.3	14.5
Jul 2016	8.7	9.0	14.3	14.7
Aug 2016	8.7	8.8	14.3	14.4
Sep 2016	8.7	8.7	14.3	14.4
Oct 2016	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.1
Nov 2016	8.6	8.5	14.3	14.3
Dec 2016	8.7	8.6	14.4	14.5
Jan 2017	8.7	8.8	14.5	14.5
Feb 2017	8.7	9.0	14.5	14.9
Mar 2017	8.7	8.6	14.5	14.5
Apr 2017	8.7	8.8	14.4	14.4
May 2017	8.6	8.7	14.3	14.2
Jun 2017	8.6	8.4	14.2	14.0
Jul 2017	8.5	8.5	14.1	14.1
Aug 2017	8.5	8.6	14.0	14.1
Sep 2017	8.5	8.6	14.0	14.0
Oct 2017	8.5	8.5	14.0	13.9
Nov 2017	8.5	8.5	14.0	13.9
Dec 2017	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.1
Jan 2018	8.5	8.7	14.0	14.2
Feb 2018	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.1
Mar 2018	8.5	8.6	14.0	14.1
Apr 2018	8.5	8.5	14.0	14.0
May 2018	8.5	8.4	13.9	13.8
Jun 2018	8.4	8.6	13.8	13.9
Jul 2018	8.4	8.4	13.7	13.7
Aug 2018	8.4	8.2	13.6	13.4
Sep 2018	8.3	8.3	13.5	13.3
Oct 2018	8.3	8.3	13.4	13.3
Nov 2018	8.3	8.5	13.3	13.6
Dec 2018	8.3	8.3	13.3	13.3
Jan 2019	8.3	8.1	13.3	13.2
Feb 2019	8.3	8.0	13.3	13.0
Mar 2019	8.3	8.2	13.4	13.3
Apr 2019	8.3	8.5	13.5	13.7
May 2019	8.4	8.5	13.5	13.8
Jun 2019	8.4	8.2	13.6	13.4
Jul 2019	8.4	8.4	13.7	13.7
Aug 2019	8.4	8.5	13.7	13.8
Sep 2019	8.4	8.4	13.7	13.6
Oct 2019	8.4	8.5	13.7	13.8
Nov 2019	8.5	8.3	13.7	13.5
Dec 2019	8.5	8.3	13.7	13.4
Jan 2020	8.6	8.6	13.7	13.9
Feb 2020	8.6	8.6	13.7	13.7

Underemployment rate and underutilisation rate

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States and territories

Trend estimates
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed persons	4,137,500	3,448,100	2,565,900	849,000	1,368,900	258,700	133,200	236,600	13,010,200
Employed persons - monthly change	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
Employment to population ratio	62.4%	63.1%	62.1%	58.7%	64.5%	58.3%	71.2%	69.0%	62.6%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.2 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%	5.7%	5.8%	5.4%	5.5%	5.5%	2.9%	5.1%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
Underemployment rate	8.4%	8.3%	8.7%	9.8%	8.8%	11.2%	6.1%	5.4%	8.6%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	0.1 pts	0.3 pts	-0.2 pts	0.0 pts
Participation rate	65.3%	66.5%	65.9%	62.3%	68.2%	61.7%	75.4%	71.1%	66.0%
Participation rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	0.0 pts	-0.1 pts	0.0 pts	0.2 pts	0.3 pts	0.1 pts	0.0 pts

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Labour force status

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

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

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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

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

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Underemployment and underutilisation

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 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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Flows into and out of employment

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

The simultaneous introduction of two rotation groups per month between May and August 2013 resulted in a lower proportion of the sample being matched during this period. In June 2013, a new sample for the more remote, less populated areas and non-private dwellings was introduced for Tasmania, Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. The new sample for the same categories in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia was introduced in July 2013. These changes are reflected in smaller estimates in the gross flows.

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

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

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

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

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