Labour Force, Australia, March 2021

	Feb-21	Mar-21	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
Employed people	13,006,900	13,077,600	70,700	0.5%	74,300	0.6%
Unemployed people	805,200	778,100	-27,100	-3.4%	62,100	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.6%	-0.2 pts	na	0.4 pts	na
Underemployment rate	8.5%	7.9%	-0.6 pts	na	-0.9 pts	na
Participation rate	66.1%	66.3%	0.2 pts	na	0.4 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,762 million	1,800 million	38 million	2.2%	22 million	1.2%

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

Survey impacts and changes

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

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

There are a range of scenarios for people who were in JobKeeper-supported jobs. Some may have continued in their job beyond the end of March, some may have changed jobs, and others may have lost their job (and have no job).

How people are categorised as ‘employed’ or ‘not employed’ will follow the long-standing concepts and practices used in Labour Force statistics.

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 after JobKeeper will be considered ‘employed’. This could reflect that they remained in and were paid in their previously JobKeeper-supported job, or that they changed jobs.

If they DIDN’T do any paid work, 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).

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 for any part of the last four weeks. For people who were previously in JobKeeper-supported jobs, if they indicate that they still had a job in April and met these conditions, they would be considered ‘employed’ in April. Some of these people could then potentially be ‘not employed’ in May, if they were away for 4 weeks or longer and were not paid in the previous 4 weeks.

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

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Survey response and timeline

October 2021 Labour Force statistics will be released on 11 November

Minor revisions to seasonally adjusted hours worked estimates for February 2021

Articles and other information

This months Labour Force release includes:

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 March 2021:

The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.6% (0.4 pts higher than a year ago)
Unemployed people decreased by 27,100 to 778,100 (and increased by 62,100 over the year to March 2021)
The youth unemployment rate decreased 1.1 pts to 11.8% (and increased by 0.2 pts over the year to March 2021)

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)
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
Jan-21	6.3
Feb-21	5.8
Mar-21	5.6

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in March 2021:

Employment increased by 70,700 people (0.5%) to 13,077,600 people
Over the year to March 2021, employment increased 74,300 people, 0.6%

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 470,000 people entered employment (i.e. they were not employed in February but were employed in March), while around 420,000 people left employment (i.e. they were employed in February but were not employed in March). This contrasts with the previous month, where around 680,000 people entered employment and around 360,000 people left employment.

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth	Inflow	Outflow
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	431	-467
Aug-19	-29	469	-436
Sep-19	68	431	-363
Oct-19	-26	381	-445
Nov-19	96	448	-396
Dec-19	102	440	-407
Jan-20	-266	407	-696
Feb-20	221	623	-384
Mar-20	-49	432	-460
Apr-20	-592	359	-961
May-20	-221	580	-776
Jun-20	201	616	-426
Jul-20	82	579	-452
Aug-20	92	533	-505
Sep-20	6	493	-441
Oct-20	170	549	-412
Nov-20	148	547	-369
Dec-20	116	522	-407
Jan-21	-257	423	-664
Feb-21	304	676	-355
Mar-21	29	475	-415

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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 February and March (based on the matched sample). It shows that:

97% of people employed in February were also employed in March (with 1% moving to unemployment and 2% to not in the labour force)
59% of people unemployed in February were also unemployed in March (with 22% moving to employment and 18% to not in the labour force)
93% of people not in the labour force in February were also not in the labour force in March (with 4% moving to employment and 3% to unemployment)

Flows in labour force status, February to March

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Employed people, Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people
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	12,936.2
Oct-19	12,914.1
Nov-19	12,946.9
Dec-19	12,979.2
Jan-20	12,990.1
Feb-20	13,008.7
Mar-20	13,003.3
Apr-20	12,396.4
May-20	12,130.5
Jun-20	12,357.2
Jul-20	12,469.9
Aug-20	12,628.5
Sep-20	12,579.4
Oct-20	12,756.2
Nov-20	12,842.4
Dec-20	12,888.8
Jan-21	12,918.2
Feb-21	13,006.9
Mar-21	13,077.6

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted

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Full-time and part-time employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in March 2021:

Full-time employment decreased by 20,800 to 8,874,200 people, and part-time employment increased by 91,500 to 4,203,400 people
Over the year to March 2021, full-time employment decreased by 2,500 people and part-time employment increased by 76,800 people
The part-time share of employment over the past 12 months increased by 0.4 pts to 32.1%

A discussion of how full-time and part-time status is derived can be found in Understanding full-time and part-time work.

Employment-to-population ratio

In seasonally adjusted terms, in March 2021:

The employment-to-population ratio increased by 0.3 pts to 62.6%, and has increased by 0.1 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 (%)
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	62.4	67.0	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	63.0	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	60.3	64.7	56.1
Oct-20	61.2	65.9	56.6
Nov-20	61.6	66.3	56.9
Dec-20	61.8	66.3	57.3
Jan-21	61.9	66.6	57.3
Feb-21	62.3	66.7	58.0
Mar-21	62.6	66.8	58.5

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

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

Increased by 38 million hours (2.2%) to 1,800 million hours above the revised February 1,762 million hours
Increased by 1.2% over the year, which is larger than the less 0.6% increase 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 (%)
Mar-11	1,580	3.6
Apr-11	1,559	1.3
May-11	1,572	1.2
Jun-11	1,582	1.8
Jul-11	1,583	2.2
Aug-11	1,584	1.3
Sep-11	1,581	1.2
Oct-11	1,592	1.5
Nov-11	1,585	0.9
Dec-11	1,586	1.1
Jan-12	1,588	0.5
Feb-12	1,585	0.4
Mar-12	1,596	1.0
Apr-12	1,605	3.0
May-12	1,602	1.9
Jun-12	1,577	-0.3
Jul-12	1,588	0.3
Aug-12	1,587	0.2
Sep-12	1,597	1.1
Oct-12	1,584	-0.5
Nov-12	1,599	0.9
Dec-12	1,602	1.0
Jan-13	1,600	0.7
Feb-13	1,602	1.1
Mar-13	1,597	0.1
Apr-13	1,620	0.9
May-13	1,603	0.1
Jun-13	1,604	1.7
Jul-13	1,615	1.7
Aug-13	1,619	2.0
Sep-13	1,608	0.6
Oct-13	1,608	1.5
Nov-13	1,604	0.3
Dec-13	1,604	0.2
Jan-14	1,598	-0.1
Feb-14	1,606	0.2
Mar-14	1,614	1.1
Apr-14	1,595	-1.6
May-14	1,608	0.3
Jun-14	1,616	0.8
Jul-14	1,614	0.0
Aug-14	1,614	-0.3
Sep-14	1,610	0.2
Oct-14	1,611	0.2
Nov-14	1,611	0.5
Dec-14	1,598	-0.4
Jan-15	1,627	1.8
Feb-15	1,625	1.2
Mar-15	1,634	1.3
Apr-15	1,649	3.4
May-15	1,632	1.5
Jun-15	1,631	0.9
Jul-15	1,638	1.5
Aug-15	1,636	1.4
Sep-15	1,648	2.4
Oct-15	1,653	2.6
Nov-15	1,653	2.7
Dec-15	1,650	3.3
Jan-16	1,660	2.0
Feb-16	1,662	2.3
Mar-16	1,654	1.2
Apr-16	1,647	-0.2
May-16	1,660	1.7
Jun-16	1,656	1.5
Jul-16	1,660	1.3
Aug-16	1,662	1.6
Sep-16	1,659	0.6
Oct-16	1,664	0.7
Nov-16	1,666	0.7
Dec-16	1,672	1.3
Jan-17	1,692	1.9
Feb-17	1,660	-0.1
Mar-17	1,676	1.3
Apr-17	1,688	2.5
May-17	1,707	2.8
Jun-17	1,703	2.9
Jul-17	1,696	2.2
Aug-17	1,702	2.4
Sep-17	1,710	3.1
Oct-17	1,714	3.0
Nov-17	1,727	3.7
Dec-17	1,720	2.8
Jan-18	1,698	0.4
Feb-18	1,721	3.7
Mar-18	1,724	2.9
Apr-18	1,759	4.2
May-18	1,727	1.2
Jun-18	1,738	2.1
Jul-18	1,741	2.7
Aug-18	1,743	2.4
Sep-18	1,749	2.3
Oct-18	1,755	2.4
Nov-18	1,753	1.5
Dec-18	1,751	1.8
Jan-19	1,763	3.8
Feb-19	1,764	2.5
Mar-19	1,775	3.0
Apr-19	1,766	0.4
May-19	1,761	2.0
Jun-19	1,762	1.3
Jul-19	1,770	1.6
Aug-19	1,773	1.7
Sep-19	1,777	1.6
Oct-19	1,772	1.0
Nov-19	1,774	1.2
Dec-19	1,781	1.7
Jan-20	1,769	0.4
Feb-20	1,764	0.0
Mar-20	1,779	0.2
Apr-20	1,610	-8.8
May-20	1,593	-9.6
Jun-20	1,659	-5.8
Jul-20	1,680	-5.1
Aug-20	1,685	-5.0
Sep-20	1,687	-5.1
Oct-20	1,707	-3.7
Nov-20	1,750	-1.4
Dec-20	1,751	-1.7
Jan-21	1,665	-5.9
Feb-21	1,762	-0.1
Mar-21	1,800	1.2

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

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Participation

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

Increased 0.2 pts to 66.3%, and has increased 0.4 pts over the year to March 2021
Decreased by less than 0.1 pts for men (to 70.9%) and increased by 0.4 pts for women (to 61.8%)

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
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	66.0	70.8	61.5
Feb-20	65.9	70.8	61.2
Mar-20	65.9	70.8	61.1
Apr-20	63.5	68.9	58.4
May-20	62.6	67.9	57.5
Jun-20	64.0	69.1	59.1
Jul-20	64.6	69.6	59.9
Aug-20	65.0	69.9	60.2
Sep-20	64.8	69.7	60.1
Oct-20	65.7	70.8	60.9
Nov-20	66.1	71.0	61.3
Dec-20	66.1	71.1	61.3
Jan-21	66.1	71.2	61.1
Feb-21	66.1	71.0	61.4
Mar-21	66.3	70.9	61.8

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in March 2021:

The underemployment rate decreased by 0.6 pts to 7.9% (0.9 pts lower than a year ago)
The underutilisation rate decreased by 0.8 pts to 13.5%

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
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	10.1
Jan-21	8.1	6.9	9.5
Feb-21	8.5	7.3	9.9
Mar-21	7.9	6.6	9.3

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and territories

March 2021, Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,127,800	3,445,400	2,627,100	846,800	1,402,000	261,600	129,500	233,400	13,077,600
Employed people - monthly change	0.4%	0.2%	0.9%	-0.1%	2.4%	0.2%	-1.2%	-1.1%	0.5%
Employment to population ratio	62.1%	62.9%	62.7%	58.0%	65.1%	58.3%	68.6%	68.0%	62.6%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.2 pts	0.1 pts	0.5 pts	-0.1 pts	1.5 pts	0.1 pts	-0.8 pts	-0.8 pts	0.3 pts
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.1%	5.9%	6.3%	4.8%	5.9%	5.6%	3.4%	5.6%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	-0.3 pts	0.4 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.5 pts	-1.3 pts	0.2 pts	0.6 pts	-0.6 pts	-0.2 pts
Underemployment rate	7.9%	7.7%	8.6%	8.6%	7.4%	9.4%	5.1%	4.7%	7.9%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	-0.3 pts	-1.4 pts	0.2 pts	0.0 pts	-1.2 pts	0.4 pts	0.6 pts	-0.3 pts	-0.6 pts
Participation rate	65.7%	66.9%	66.6%	61.9%	68.4%	61.9%	72.7%	70.4%	66.3%
Participation rate - monthly change	0.0 pts	0.4 pts	0.3 pts	-0.4 pts	0.6 pts	0.2 pts	-0.4 pts	-1.3 pts	0.2 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	February outgoing rotation group	March incoming rotation group	March outgoing rotation group	March estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	60.7%	60.9%	63.3%	62.6%
Full-time employment to population ratio	42.3%	39.6%	41.9%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.4%	5.7%	6.0%
Participation rate	64.6%	65.1%	67.1%	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

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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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Labour Force, Australia

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Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

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

Seasonal adjustment and trend estimates

Survey response and timeline

October 2021 Labour Force statistics will be released on 11 November

Minor revisions to seasonally adjusted hours worked estimates for February 2021

Articles and other information

Unemployment

Employment

Flows into and out of employment

Flows in labour force status, February to March

Full-time and part-time employment

Employment-to-population ratio

Hours worked

Participation

Underemployment

States and territories

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

States and territories

Managing COVID-19 impacts on the incoming rotation groups

Comparability with seasonally adjusted data

Contribution from sample components to estimates

Data downloads

Labour Force status

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hours worked

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

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

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

Underemployment and underutilisation

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

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

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

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

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

Flows into and out of employment

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

All time series spreadsheets

All time series spreadsheets

Article archive

Understanding the labour force

Employment and jobs

Unemployment and underemployment

Hours worked

Regional estimates

LFS content and output

Methodology

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Methodology

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How many people work one hour a week?

Insights into hours worked, March 2021

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Hours worked recover to pre-COVID level

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