Labour Force, Australia, July 2021

	Jun-21	Jul-21	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
Employed people	13,154,200	13,156,400	2,200	0.0%	676,600	5.4%
Unemployed people	679,100	639,200	-39,900	-5.9%	-364,900	-36.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%	-0.3 pts	na	-2.8 pts	na
Underemployment rate	7.9%	8.3%	0.4 pts	na	-3.0 pts	na
Participation rate	66.2%	66.0%	-0.2 pts	na	1.3 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,781 million	1,778 million	-3 million	-0.2%	95 million	5.7%

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

Hours worked

The ABS will continue to publish insights into hours worked, given the lockdowns and restrictions across Australia. This analysis provides insights into changes in total hours worked and also people working reduced or no hours.

Given the extent of changes around lockdowns, the ABS has also included data cubes EM2a and EM2b in today’s release. These data cubes are usually only released in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, but will also be released in the headline release over the coming months, to enable more detailed analysis of changes in hours worked and the reasons that people are working reduced or no hours.

Understanding how COVID-19 support is reflected in Labour Force statistics

Over the course of the pandemic there has been a range of support provided by governments to people and businesses. These support programs have changed over time, which is important to consider when assessing changes in Labour Force statistics through the COVID period, including the extent to which people have lost their jobs or have reduced (or no) hours of work but remain employed.

The current main government support payments are paid directly to people (including the COVID-19 Disaster Relief Payment and JobSeeker Payment) or directly to businesses (including the JobSaver Payment, which, unlike the JobKeeper wage subsidy, is not paid to businesses with an explicit payroll connection to specific employees).

The ABS continues to categorise people as ‘employed’ or ‘not employed’ in the survey using the long-standing concepts and practices used in Labour Force statistics, and are not impacted or determined by whether a person or employing business is eligible or in receipt of government support.

The Labour Force Survey questionnaire, which has not changed during the COVID period, starts with two key questions that identify whether the respondents were 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 indicates that they DID paid work will be considered ‘employed’.

If they DIDN’T do any paid work (paid by their employer or business), 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 indicates that they DIDN’T have a job (that they were absent from) will be categorised as ‘not employed’ and either ‘unemployed’ or ‘not in the labour force’, depending on their responses to other questions (people can still be ‘unemployed’ or ‘not in the labour force’ while receiving the COVID-19 Disaster Payment or the JobSeeker Payment. To be categorised as ‘unemployed’ people must have not worked, be looking for work and available to start work).

Whereas, anyone who indicates that they DID have a job (that they were absent from) will be considered ‘employed’ if they were away from work for less than 4 weeks, or paid by their employer for any part of the last four weeks. These are key factors in determining whether someone is employed, particularly during lockdown periods.

Improving the estimation of short-term non-residents in the Labour Account

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Updates on hours worked statistics

Survey response and timeline

Reference and Enumeration Dates
Publication	Start of Reference Week	End of Reference Week	Start of Emuneration	End of Enumeration
June 2021	30th May 2021	12th June 2021	6th June 2021	26th June 2021
July 2021	4th July 2021	17th July 2021	11th July 2021	31st July 2021
August 2021	1st August 2021	14th August 2021	8th August 2021	29th August 2021

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, July 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 July 2021:

The unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 pts to 4.6%
The unemployment rate was 0.6 pts lower than March 2020
Unemployed people decreased by 39,900 to 639,200
Unemployed people was 84,300 lower than March 2020
The youth unemployment rate remained at 10.2%
The youth unemployment rate was 1.4 pts lower than March 2020

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)
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
May-21	5.1
Jun-21	4.9
Jul-21	4.6

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in July 2021:

Employment increased by 2,200 people (0.0%) to 13,156,400 people
Employment was 161,600 people (1.2%) 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 July 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 June but were employed in July), while around 550,000 people left employment (i.e. they were employed in June but were not employed in July). This contrasts with June 2021 where around 420,000 people entered employment and around 460,000 people left employment.

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth	Inflow	Outflow
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	95	449	-397
Dec-19	102	443	-411
Jan-20	-265	415	-709
Feb-20	222	644	-397
Mar-20	-48	435	-464
Apr-20	-593	356	-953
May-20	-221	585	-783
Jun-20	201	611	-422
Jul-20	81	560	-437
Aug-20	91	523	-495
Sep-20	4	488	-437
Oct-20	169	547	-411
Nov-20	147	526	-356
Dec-20	114	502	-391
Jan-21	-264	422	-663
Feb-21	297	675	-355
Mar-21	21	474	-415
Apr-21	-30	498	-479
May-21	165	509	-371
Jun-21	-19	422	-459
Jul-21	2	499	-546

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

96% of people employed in June were also employed in July (with 1% moving to unemployment and 3% to not in the labour force)
53% of people unemployed in June were also unemployed in July (with 23% moving to employment and 23% to not in the labour force)
93% of people not in the labour force in June were also not in the labour force in July (with 5% moving to employment and 2% to unemployment)

Flows in labour force status, June to July

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Description

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people
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	11,392.0
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	11,529.7
Apr-14	11,536.2
May-14	11,515.3
Jun-14	11,533.6
Jul-14	11,548.3
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	12,316.8
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	12,891.4
Aug-19	12,930.2
Sep-19	12,941.9
Oct-19	12,907.3
Nov-19	12,942.2
Dec-19	12,965.5
Jan-20	12,981.7
Feb-20	12,995.0
Mar-20	12,994.8
Apr-20	12,402.7
May-20	12,137.9
Jun-20	12,376.4
Jul-20	12,479.8
Aug-20	12,627.5
Sep-20	12,581.9
Oct-20	12,743.1
Nov-20	12,831.2
Dec-20	12,869.1
Jan-21	12,894.8
Feb-21	12,971.3
Mar-21	13,040.7
Apr-21	13,010.0
May-21	13,125.1
Jun-21	13,154.2
Jul-21	13,156.4

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted

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Full-time and part-time employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in July 2021:

Full-time employment decreased by 4,200 to 9,012,600 people, and part-time employment increased by 6,400 to 4,143,800 people
The part-time share of employment was 31.5%, 0.3 pts lower than in March 2020

Employment-to-population ratio

In seasonally adjusted terms, in July 2021, the employment-to-population ratio:

Decreased less than 0.1 pts to 62.9%
Higher than March 2020 by 0.5 pts.

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 (%)
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	59.3	64.0	54.8
Jul-20	59.8	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	66.6	58.5
Apr-21	62.3	66.7	58.1
May-21	62.8	67.1	58.8
Jun-21	63.0	67.3	58.7
Jul-21	62.9	67.5	58.5

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

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

Decreased by 3.1 million hours (0.2%) to 1,778 million hours
Increased 13.1 million hours (0.7%) 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 (%)
Jul-11	1,584	2.2
Aug-11	1,585	1.3
Sep-11	1,582	1.2
Oct-11	1,593	1.5
Nov-11	1,587	0.9
Dec-11	1,589	1.2
Jan-12	1,591	0.5
Feb-12	1,587	0.4
Mar-12	1,596	0.9
Apr-12	1,601	2.9
May-12	1,606	2.0
Jun-12	1,579	-0.2
Jul-12	1,590	0.4
Aug-12	1,589	0.3
Sep-12	1,600	1.1
Oct-12	1,587	-0.4
Nov-12	1,601	0.9
Dec-12	1,603	0.9
Jan-13	1,602	0.7
Feb-13	1,604	1.1
Mar-13	1,598	0.1
Apr-13	1,615	0.9
May-13	1,606	0.0
Jun-13	1,607	1.7
Jul-13	1,617	1.7
Aug-13	1,621	2.0
Sep-13	1,609	0.6
Oct-13	1,608	1.3
Nov-13	1,605	0.2
Dec-13	1,604	0.1
Jan-14	1,599	-0.2
Feb-14	1,607	0.2
Mar-14	1,613	1.0
Apr-14	1,604	-0.7
May-14	1,612	0.3
Jun-14	1,618	0.7
Jul-14	1,617	0.0
Aug-14	1,617	-0.2
Sep-14	1,613	0.2
Oct-14	1,611	0.2
Nov-14	1,613	0.5
Dec-14	1,602	-0.1
Jan-15	1,630	2.0
Feb-15	1,628	1.3
Mar-15	1,635	1.4
Apr-15	1,642	2.3
May-15	1,636	1.5
Jun-15	1,634	0.9
Jul-15	1,640	1.5
Aug-15	1,638	1.3
Sep-15	1,649	2.3
Oct-15	1,655	2.7
Nov-15	1,653	2.5
Dec-15	1,652	3.1
Jan-16	1,661	1.9
Feb-16	1,663	2.2
Mar-16	1,657	1.3
Apr-16	1,637	-0.3
May-16	1,664	1.7
Jun-16	1,657	1.4
Jul-16	1,662	1.3
Aug-16	1,664	1.6
Sep-16	1,660	0.7
Oct-16	1,666	0.7
Nov-16	1,666	0.8
Dec-16	1,675	1.4
Jan-17	1,695	2.1
Feb-17	1,663	0.0
Mar-17	1,681	1.5
Apr-17	1,670	2.0
May-17	1,713	3.0
Jun-17	1,708	3.1
Jul-17	1,700	2.3
Aug-17	1,704	2.4
Sep-17	1,712	3.1
Oct-17	1,717	3.1
Nov-17	1,726	3.6
Dec-17	1,722	2.8
Jan-18	1,701	0.4
Feb-18	1,723	3.6
Mar-18	1,726	2.7
Apr-18	1,750	4.8
May-18	1,732	1.1
Jun-18	1,743	2.0
Jul-18	1,743	2.5
Aug-18	1,743	2.3
Sep-18	1,748	2.1
Oct-18	1,758	2.3
Nov-18	1,749	1.3
Dec-18	1,748	1.5
Jan-19	1,761	3.5
Feb-19	1,764	2.4
Mar-19	1,776	2.9
Apr-19	1,776	1.5
May-19	1,769	2.1
Jun-19	1,771	1.6
Jul-19	1,772	1.7
Aug-19	1,777	1.9
Sep-19	1,781	1.9
Oct-19	1,778	1.2
Nov-19	1,773	1.3
Dec-19	1,784	2.1
Jan-20	1,774	0.8
Feb-20	1,771	0.4
Mar-20	1,765	-0.6
Apr-20	1,596	-10.2
May-20	1,607	-9.1
Jun-20	1,669	-5.8
Jul-20	1,683	-5.0
Aug-20	1,687	-5.0
Sep-20	1,690	-5.1
Oct-20	1,733	-2.5
Nov-20	1,754	-1.1
Dec-20	1,754	-1.7
Jan-21	1,668	-6.0
Feb-21	1,763	-0.5
Mar-21	1,802	2.1
Apr-21	1,789	12.1
May-21	1,814	12.9
Jun-21	1,781	6.7
Jul-21	1,778	5.7

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

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Participation

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

Decreased by 0.2 pts to 66.0%
Decreased by 0.2 pts for men to 70.7% and decreased by 0.2 pts for women to 61.4%
Higher than March 2020 by 0.1 pts

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
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	66.0	71.1	61.1
Feb-21	66.0	70.9	61.4
Mar-21	66.3	70.9	61.8
Apr-21	65.9	70.7	61.3
May-21	66.2	70.9	61.7
Jun-21	66.2	71.0	61.6
Jul-21	66.0	70.7	61.4

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in July 2021:

The underemployment rate increased by 0.4 pts to 8.3%
The underemployment rate was 0.5 pts lower than March 2020
The underutilisation rate increased by 0.1 pts to 12.9%

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
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	6.4	9.2
May-21	7.4	6.3	8.7
Jun-21	7.9	6.9	9.0
Jul-21	8.3	7.1	9.6

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and territories

July 2021, Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,118,400	3,460,500	2,654,700	877,200	1,410,900	263,000	129,400	233,700	13,156,400
Employed people - monthly change	-0.9%	0.5%	-0.2%	1.2%	0.5%	0.3%	2.6%	0.6%	0.0%
Employment to population ratio	62.0%	63.5%	63.1%	60.0%	65.4%	58.5%	68.0%	67.8%	62.9%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	-0.6 pts	0.4 pts	-0.2 pts	0.7 pts	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	1.6 pts	0.4 pts	0.0 pts
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%	5.2%	4.7%	4.6%	4.5%	4.6%	4.3%	4.6%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	-0.6 pts	0.0 pts	0.1 pts	-0.7 pts	-0.5 pts	0.0 pts	-0.2 pts	-0.6 pts	-0.3 pts
Underemployment rate	9.3%	8.2%	7.7%	8.4%	6.9%	8.2%	5.8%	6.4%	8.3%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	2.1 pts	-1.9 pts	0.7 pts	0.5 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.6 pts	0.7 pts	0.8 pts	0.4 pts
Participation rate	64.9%	66.5%	66.6%	62.9%	68.5%	61.3%	71.2%	70.8%	66.0%
Participation rate - monthly change	-1.0 pts	0.4 pts	-0.2 pts	0.3 pts	-0.2 pts	0.2 pts	1.5 pts	-0.1 pts	-0.2 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	June outgoing rotation group	July incoming rotation group	July outgoing rotation group	July estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	63.1%	63.5%	63.1%	62.9%
Full-time employment to population ratio	42.7%	44.0%	43.9%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.6%	4.2%	4.6%
Participation rate	66.5%	66.6%	65.9%	65.9%

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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EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)
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EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)
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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

Hours worked

Understanding how COVID-19 support is reflected in Labour Force statistics

Improving the estimation of short-term non-residents in the Labour Account

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Updates on hours worked statistics

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, June to July

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

EM2a - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs and sex, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

EM2b - Employed persons who worked fewer hours than usual by hours actually worked in all jobs, state and territory, January 1991 onwards (pivot table)

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, July 2021

Media releases

Falls in participation and hours in NSW in July