Labour Force, Australia, October 2020

	Sep-20	Oct-20	Monthly change	Monthly change (%)	Yearly change	Yearly change (%)
Seasonally adjusted
Employed people	12,595,100	12,773,900	178,800	1.4%	-132,300	-1.0%
Unemployed people	935,400	960,900	25,500	2.7%	238,900	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.0%	0.1 pts	na	1.7 pts	na
Underemployment rate	11.4%	10.4%	-1.0 pts	na	1.9 pts	na
Participation rate	64.9%	65.8%	0.9 pts	na	-0.1 pts	na
Monthly hours worked in all jobs	1,690 million	1,711 million	21 million	1.2%	-61 million	-3.4%

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

Survey impacts and changes

Managing the impact of COVID-19 on labour force statistics

Survey response and timeline

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Treatment of people on JobKeeper, JobSeeker or stood down

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

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

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

1. People paid through the JobKeeper wage subsidy: employed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A person will be classified as employed if they:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Articles and other information

This months Labour Force release includes additional analysis of hours worked, including for those people working zero hours for economic reasons (see Insights into hours worked). 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 October 2020:

The unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 7.0% (1.7 pts higher than a year ago)
Unemployment increased by 25,500 to 960,900 people (and increased by 238,900 over the year to October 2020)

The youth unemployment rate increased 1.0 pts to 15.6% (and increased by 3.1 pts over the year to October 2020)

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)
Oct-10	5.3
Nov-10	5.1
Dec-10	4.9
Jan-11	5.0
Feb-11	5.0
Mar-11	4.9
Apr-11	5.0
May-11	5.0
Jun-11	4.9
Jul-11	5.1
Aug-11	5.3
Sep-11	5.2
Oct-11	5.2
Nov-11	5.2
Dec-11	5.2
Jan-12	5.0
Feb-12	5.2
Mar-12	5.2
Apr-12	5.0
May-12	5.2
Jun-12	5.2
Jul-12	5.2
Aug-12	5.1
Sep-12	5.5
Oct-12	5.4
Nov-12	5.3
Dec-12	5.4
Jan-13	5.4
Feb-13	5.4
Mar-13	5.6
Apr-13	5.6
May-13	5.6
Jun-13	5.7
Jul-13	5.6
Aug-13	5.8
Sep-13	5.7
Oct-13	5.8
Nov-13	5.8
Dec-13	5.9
Jan-14	5.9
Feb-14	5.9
Mar-14	5.9
Apr-14	5.8
May-14	5.9
Jun-14	6.0
Jul-14	6.2
Aug-14	6.1
Sep-14	6.2
Oct-14	6.4
Nov-14	6.3
Dec-14	6.1
Jan-15	6.3
Feb-15	6.1
Mar-15	6.1
Apr-15	6.1
May-15	5.9
Jun-15	6.0
Jul-15	6.3
Aug-15	6.1
Sep-15	6.2
Oct-15	5.9
Nov-15	5.9
Dec-15	5.7
Jan-16	6.0
Feb-16	5.7
Mar-16	5.6
Apr-16	5.6
May-16	5.7
Jun-16	5.7
Jul-16	5.7
Aug-16	5.6
Sep-16	5.6
Oct-16	5.6
Nov-16	5.8
Dec-16	5.8
Jan-17	5.7
Feb-17	5.8
Mar-17	5.8
Apr-17	5.6
May-17	5.6
Jun-17	5.6
Jul-17	5.6
Aug-17	5.5
Sep-17	5.4
Oct-17	5.4
Nov-17	5.4
Dec-17	5.6
Jan-18	5.5
Feb-18	5.6
Mar-18	5.5
Apr-18	5.5
May-18	5.4
Jun-18	5.3
Jul-18	5.3
Aug-18	5.3
Sep-18	5.0
Oct-18	5.0
Nov-18	5.1
Dec-18	5.0
Jan-19	5.0
Feb-19	5.0
Mar-19	5.1
Apr-19	5.2
May-19	5.2
Jun-19	5.2
Jul-19	5.2
Aug-19	5.2
Sep-19	5.2
Oct-19	5.3
Nov-19	5.1
Dec-19	5.1
Jan-20	5.3
Feb-20	5.1
Mar-20	5.2
Apr-20	6.4
May-20	7.1
Jun-20	7.4
Jul-20	7.5
Aug-20	6.8
Sep-20	6.9
Oct-20	7.0

Unemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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People not looking for work

The number of people who (were not employed and) did not look for work rose considerably in April and May, but has since decreased to pre-COVID levels. The increase was particularly pronounced for young people, with the number of people aged 15-24 who did not look for work increasing by around 300,000 between March and May.

People not looking for work, by Age, Original
	15-24 years	25-34 years	35-44 years	45-54 years	55-64 years	65 years and over
Oct-2015	954.5	532.7	414.9	402.7	743.5	368.5
Nov-2015	942.1	533.0	429.8	381.0	722.8	388.5
Dec-2015	851.0	507.3	423.9	400.8	745.2	406.5
Jan-2016	901.2	523.6	453.7	425.5	765.7	391.9
Feb-2016	900.4	484.6	413.2	377.2	722.0	367.5
Mar-2016	937.2	520.1	409.7	407.3	738.7	386.8
Apr-2016	949.4	512.2	415.7	399.1	739.3	381.0
May-2016	944.7	527.0	414.0	388.0	736.9	367.7
Jun-2016	963.3	512.0	423.1	405.5	732.8	403.1
Jul-2016	964.3	507.1	427.5	412.0	745.9	379.4
Aug-2016	1,032.1	552.2	433.9	400.3	741.4	388.7
Sep-2016	1,009.7	535.4	427.6	395.3	759.8	403.8
Oct-2016	996.0	534.6	442.8	410.5	765.3	380.9
Nov-2016	989.7	509.1	426.5	406.5	742.0	348.1
Dec-2016	868.1	506.4	415.0	413.3	758.3	384.1
Jan-2017	900.2	565.1	461.9	446.4	774.3	385.0
Feb-2017	934.7	510.3	400.1	367.2	735.7	370.4
Mar-2017	949.0	532.2	401.5	391.9	732.6	377.5
Apr-2017	973.9	522.7	380.8	394.0	736.6	393.0
May-2017	985.8	524.7	387.2	383.8	717.4	369.0
Jun-2017	992.7	506.0	381.2	396.1	728.1	362.9
Jul-2017	984.0	511.9	409.0	401.5	736.5	408.3
Aug-2017	1,008.4	534.1	403.2	395.5	723.4	379.4
Sep-2017	982.1	518.3	402.6	385.4	729.4	407.7
Oct-2017	1,001.7	516.3	400.0	377.2	737.7	398.7
Nov-2017	968.5	508.1	390.8	372.0	720.3	367.7
Dec-2017	850.8	483.5	394.9	374.4	753.1	394.9
Jan-2018	882.7	512.7	425.7	403.5	772.9	402.0
Feb-2018	894.9	471.9	388.3	383.5	738.4	443.8
Mar-2018	930.8	485.4	398.3	392.7	746.6	438.3
Apr-2018	930.0	482.4	393.1	387.0	772.5	375.9
May-2018	945.2	504.2	392.4	384.7	734.8	365.9
Jun-2018	947.1	488.0	398.1	399.3	731.7	399.9
Jul-2018	964.8	496.9	400.2	392.4	739.3	395.7
Aug-2018	995.2	528.4	398.6	404.3	720.1	403.5
Sep-2018	1,001.8	515.5	403.0	420.4	757.2	415.1
Oct-2018	1,003.0	509.3	391.5	405.3	763.3	407.6
Nov-2018	980.3	523.7	387.3	389.5	754.7	418.5
Dec-2018	867.0	520.9	391.6	400.6	745.3	458.1
Jan-2019	888.1	514.3	427.9	419.6	793.6	461.7
Feb-2019	891.1	484.1	385.9	374.5	732.0	458.3
Mar-2019	918.7	487.7	409.3	362.5	725.0	472.2
Apr-2019	934.0	488.4	395.8	352.6	752.9	530.4
May-2019	945.9	483.3	393.9	345.3	726.1	492.3
Jun-2019	947.7	488.8	397.5	360.1	727.9	508.0
Jul-2019	949.8	482.0	395.7	357.4	758.5	544.2
Aug-2019	996.7	497.2	393.2	352.1	736.1	508.4
Sep-2019	972.7	484.7	379.0	363.3	744.8	517.2
Oct-2019	964.3	498.0	393.2	366.4	759.7	527.0
Nov-2019	966.0	495.1	401.3	360.7	753.8	525.9
Dec-2019	834.5	478.0	409.2	364.1	757.9	559.6
Jan-2020	856.3	486.4	430.8	406.9	770.4	589.3
Feb-2020	856.8	457.4	393.5	344.7	725.0	542.3
Mar-2020	902.9	464.1	400.2	356.2	745.9	552.3
Apr-2020	1,096.1	558.8	452.7	408.9	775.1	579.2
May-2020	1,205.7	591.7	469.4	418.5	800.7	541.2
Jun-2020	1,074.0	551.9	443.3	389.6	776.8	548.7
Jul-2020	1,006.0	532.4	435.5	397.7	749.4	523.7
Aug-2020	1,027.5	534.3	422.3	376.4	742.6	503.4
Sep-2020	1,010.5	514.0	435.7	376.0	739.4	510.3
Oct-2020	952.0	496.2	408.4	369.7	721.8	539.0

People not looking for work, by Age, Original

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Note: People not looking for work refers to people who are not employed and indicated they did not look for work. This excludes people who 'passively' looked for work.

Employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in October 2020:

employment increased by 178,800 people (1.4%) to 12,773,900 people
over the year to October 2020, employment decreased by 1.0% or 132,300 people

Flows into and out of employment

Underpinning this net increase in the number of employed people are extensive flows of people into and out of employment. Around 550,000 people entered employment (i.e. they were not employed in September but were employed in October), while around 410,000 people left employment (i.e. they were employed in September but were not employed in October). The flow into employment between September and October was greater than the flow into employment between August and September (490,000), while the flow out of employment was lower than the 440,000 seen between August and September.

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original
	Employed people growth	Inflow	Outflow
Oct-15	95	437	-374
Nov-15	69	382	-376
Dec-15	90	415	-432
Jan-16	-265	377	-624
Feb-16	216	571	-351
Mar-16	-30	410	-396
Apr-16	23	430	-441
May-16	31	428	-355
Jun-16	-9	346	-386
Jul-16	4	447	-467
Aug-16	-91	429	-423
Sep-16	40	431	-347
Oct-16	44	462	-456
Nov-16	65	467	-399
Dec-16	95	454	-406
Jan-17	-263	387	-686
Feb-17	217	638	-383
Mar-17	18	492	-397
Apr-17	68	490	-439
May-17	67	405	-357
Jun-17	-2	398	-433
Jul-17	6	425	-418
Aug-17	-16	429	-435
Sep-17	88	461	-380
Oct-17	17	402	-402
Nov-17	103	442	-352
Dec-17	114	414	-390
Jan-18	-263	360	-652
Feb-18	223	649	-382
Mar-18	-33	409	-426
Apr-18	31	398	-395
May-18	47	431	-401
Jun-18	36	407	-403
Jul-18	-33	430	-440
Aug-18	-28	419	-415
Sep-18	68	476	-405
Oct-18	39	422	-435
Nov-18	87	439	-375
Dec-18	98	442	-403
Jan-19	-236	428	-680
Feb-19	199	611	-361
Mar-19	-17	410	-432
Apr-19	47	445	-396
May-19	89	413	-377
Jun-19	-32	382	-455
Jul-19	-5	437	-472
Aug-19	-31	470	-436
Sep-19	66	447	-376
Oct-19	-28	395	-462
Nov-19	93	448	-396
Dec-19	102	444	-410
Jan-20	-265	415	-709
Feb-20	222	644	-397
Mar-20	-46	436	-463
Apr-20	-593	356	-953
May-20	-219	585	-783
Jun-20	202	611	-422
Jul-20	89	560	-437
Aug-20	99	524	-497
Sep-20	12	490	-439
Oct-20	173	549	-413

Monthly inflows, outflows and employment growth, Original

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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 September and October (based on the matched sample). It shows that:

97% of people employed in September were also employed in October (with 1% moving to unemployment and 2% to not in the labour force)
61% of people unemployed in September were also unemployed in October (with 22% moving to employment and 17% to not in the labour force)
92% of people not in the labour force in September were also not in the labour force in October (with 5% moving to employment and 3% to unemployment)

Flows in labour force status, September to October

Image

Description

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted
	Employed people
Oct-10	11,104.3
Nov-10	11,162.7
Dec-10	11,168.3
Jan-11	11,199.9
Feb-11	11,175.8
Mar-11	11,215.1
Apr-11	11,182.7
May-11	11,172.1
Jun-11	11,205.8
Jul-11	11,209.7
Aug-11	11,216.8
Sep-11	11,247.3
Oct-11	11,249.1
Nov-11	11,252.3
Dec-11	11,230.7
Jan-12	11,305.5
Feb-12	11,271.8
Mar-12	11,333.3
Apr-12	11,322.3
May-12	11,363.7
Jun-12	11,339.0
Jul-12	11,348.9
Aug-12	11,356.8
Sep-12	11,391.7
Oct-12	11,390.9
Nov-12	11,384.7
Dec-12	11,395.5
Jan-13	11,464.3
Feb-13	11,469.1
Mar-13	11,434.9
Apr-13	11,468.1
May-13	11,457.8
Jun-13	11,470.9
Jul-13	11,457.7
Aug-13	11,453.8
Sep-13	11,476.4
Oct-13	11,470.4
Nov-13	11,448.4
Dec-13	11,417.8
Jan-14	11,455.0
Feb-14	11,481.9
Mar-14	11,531.9
Apr-14	11,538.8
May-14	11,514.0
Jun-14	11,529.8
Jul-14	11,545.4
Aug-14	11,545.1
Sep-14	11,546.4
Oct-14	11,542.2
Nov-14	11,543.8
Dec-14	11,597.3
Jan-15	11,607.9
Feb-15	11,673.3
Mar-15	11,693.7
Apr-15	11,693.3
May-15	11,734.9
Jun-15	11,728.1
Jul-15	11,760.6
Aug-15	11,772.1
Sep-15	11,783.1
Oct-15	11,860.6
Nov-15	11,895.5
Dec-15	11,905.9
Jan-16	11,910.2
Feb-16	11,927.2
Mar-16	11,942.5
Apr-16	11,948.5
May-16	11,944.2
Jun-16	11,963.5
Jul-16	11,996.4
Aug-16	11,971.8
Sep-16	11,952.9
Oct-16	11,986.0
Nov-16	12,011.4
Dec-16	12,036.6
Jan-17	12,055.0
Feb-17	12,058.5
Mar-17	12,119.3
Apr-17	12,169.2
May-17	12,195.0
Jun-17	12,225.6
Jul-17	12,259.4
Aug-17	12,312.6
Sep-17	12,342.7
Oct-17	12,355.9
Nov-17	12,407.8
Dec-17	12,451.9
Jan-18	12,485.1
Feb-18	12,481.3
Mar-18	12,492.9
Apr-18	12,506.1
May-18	12,506.3
Jun-18	12,575.3
Jul-18	12,571.4
Aug-18	12,616.3
Sep-18	12,626.8
Oct-18	12,665.8
Nov-18	12,695.0
Dec-18	12,722.8
Jan-19	12,750.8
Feb-19	12,754.8
Mar-19	12,784.3
Apr-19	12,811.9
May-19	12,851.9
Jun-19	12,854.1
Jul-19	12,879.0
Aug-19	12,921.7
Sep-19	12,930.3
Oct-19	12,906.2
Nov-19	12,936.6
Dec-19	12,968.7
Jan-20	12,980.3
Feb-20	13,000.0
Mar-20	12,997.0
Apr-20	12,389.6
May-20	12,125.4
Jun-20	12,353.2
Jul-20	12,472.4
Aug-20	12,637.6
Sep-20	12,595.1
Oct-20	12,773.9

Employed people, Seasonally adjusted

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Full-time and part-time employment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in October 2020:

Full-time employment increased by 97,000 to 8,643,700 people, and part-time employment increased by 81,800 to 4,130,200 people
Over the year to October 2020, full-time employment decreased by 186,800 people and part-time employment increased by 54,500 people
The part-time share of employment over the past 12 months, increased 0.8 percentage points to 32.3%.

Employment-to-population ratio

In seasonally adjusted terms, in October 2020:

the employment-to-population ratio increased by 0.8 pts to 61.2%, and decreased by 1.3 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 (%)
Oct-10	62.2	68.9	55.6
Nov-10	62.4	69.2	55.8
Dec-10	62.4	69.2	55.8
Jan-11	62.5	69.4	55.8
Feb-11	62.2	69.0	55.6
Mar-11	62.4	69.0	55.9
Apr-11	62.1	68.6	55.8
May-11	62.0	68.5	55.6
Jun-11	62.1	68.5	55.9
Jul-11	62.0	68.4	55.8
Aug-11	62.0	68.4	55.8
Sep-11	62.1	68.4	55.9
Oct-11	62.0	68.3	55.9
Nov-11	61.9	68.4	55.7
Dec-11	61.7	68.3	55.3
Jan-12	62.0	68.6	55.6
Feb-12	61.7	68.2	55.5
Mar-12	62.0	68.1	56.0
Apr-12	61.8	68.2	55.6
May-12	61.9	68.2	55.9
Jun-12	61.7	68.1	55.6
Jul-12	61.7	67.8	55.7
Aug-12	61.6	67.8	55.6
Sep-12	61.7	67.7	55.9
Oct-12	61.7	67.9	55.5
Nov-12	61.5	67.7	55.5
Dec-12	61.5	67.9	55.3
Jan-13	61.8	68.0	55.7
Feb-13	61.7	67.8	55.8
Mar-13	61.4	67.4	55.6
Apr-13	61.5	67.5	55.7
May-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jun-13	61.4	67.5	55.4
Jul-13	61.2	67.2	55.4
Aug-13	61.1	67.1	55.3
Sep-13	61.1	67.1	55.4
Oct-13	61.1	67.0	55.3
Nov-13	60.9	66.8	55.1
Dec-13	60.7	66.6	54.9
Jan-14	60.7	66.7	55.0
Feb-14	60.8	66.7	55.1
Mar-14	60.9	66.9	55.2
Apr-14	60.9	66.9	55.1
May-14	60.7	66.6	55.1
Jun-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Jul-14	60.8	66.6	55.1
Aug-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Sep-14	60.6	66.4	55.0
Oct-14	60.5	66.4	54.8
Nov-14	60.5	66.6	54.6
Dec-14	60.7	66.6	55.0
Jan-15	60.7	66.5	54.9
Feb-15	60.9	66.8	55.2
Mar-15	60.9	67.0	55.1
Apr-15	60.8	66.7	55.2
May-15	61.0	66.8	55.4
Jun-15	60.9	66.6	55.4
Jul-15	61.0	66.7	55.5
Aug-15	61.0	66.6	55.6
Sep-15	61.0	66.5	55.6
Oct-15	61.3	66.9	55.9
Nov-15	61.4	66.9	56.1
Dec-15	61.4	67.0	56.0
Jan-16	61.3	67.0	55.8
Feb-16	61.3	66.8	56.0
Mar-16	61.3	66.8	55.9
Apr-16	61.2	66.6	56.0
May-16	61.1	66.6	55.9
Jun-16	61.2	66.5	56.0
Jul-16	61.3	66.7	56.0
Aug-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Sep-16	60.8	66.1	55.7
Oct-16	60.9	66.4	55.7
Nov-16	61.0	66.3	55.8
Dec-16	61.0	66.5	55.8
Jan-17	61.0	66.3	55.9
Feb-17	60.9	66.3	55.7
Mar-17	61.1	66.5	55.9
Apr-17	61.3	66.9	55.9
May-17	61.4	66.7	56.2
Jun-17	61.4	66.6	56.5
Jul-17	61.5	66.8	56.4
Aug-17	61.7	66.9	56.7
Sep-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Oct-17	61.8	66.9	56.8
Nov-17	62.0	67.1	57.0
Dec-17	62.1	67.1	57.3
Jan-18	62.2	67.4	57.2
Feb-18	62.0	67.1	57.2
Mar-18	62.0	67.0	57.2
Apr-18	62.0	67.0	57.1
May-18	61.9	66.9	57.1
Jun-18	62.2	67.0	57.5
Jul-18	62.1	67.1	57.2
Aug-18	62.2	67.3	57.2
Sep-18	62.1	67.3	57.1
Oct-18	62.3	67.3	57.4
Nov-18	62.3	67.4	57.4
Dec-18	62.4	67.5	57.4
Jan-19	62.4	67.5	57.5
Feb-19	62.3	67.2	57.6
Mar-19	62.4	67.4	57.5
Apr-19	62.4	67.3	57.8
May-19	62.6	67.7	57.7
Jun-19	62.5	67.5	57.7
Jul-19	62.6	67.5	57.8
Aug-19	62.7	67.5	58.0
Sep-19	62.6	67.3	58.1
Oct-19	62.5	67.1	58.0
Nov-19	62.5	67.2	58.0
Dec-19	62.6	67.3	58.2
Jan-20	62.6	67.0	58.3
Feb-20	62.6	67.1	58.2
Mar-20	62.5	67.1	58.0
Apr-20	59.5	64.3	54.9
May-20	58.2	63.1	53.6
Jun-20	59.3	63.9	54.8
Jul-20	59.8	64.4	55.4
Aug-20	60.6	65.0	56.3
Sep-20	60.4	64.8	56.1
Oct-20	61.2	65.9	56.7

Employment-to-population ratio, Seasonally adjusted

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Hours worked

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

increased by 20.6 million hours (1.2%) to 1,711 million hours
decreased by 3.4% over the year, which is larger than the 1.0% decrease in employed people

See the article Insights into hours worked for more.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted
	Hours worked ( m)	Yearly change ( %)
Oct-10	1,568	3.94
Nov-10	1,571	2.78
Dec-10	1,569	2.52
Jan-11	1,581	3.21
Feb-11	1,579	2.78
Mar-11	1,580	3.55
Apr-11	1,559	1.28
May-11	1,572	1.20
Jun-11	1,582	1.77
Jul-11	1,583	2.21
Aug-11	1,584	1.35
Sep-11	1,581	1.21
Oct-11	1,592	1.54
Nov-11	1,585	0.90
Dec-11	1,586	1.10
Jan-12	1,588	0.45
Feb-12	1,585	0.38
Mar-12	1,596	0.96
Apr-12	1,605	2.96
May-12	1,602	1.94
Jun-12	1,577	-0.33
Jul-12	1,588	0.34
Aug-12	1,587	0.20
Sep-12	1,597	1.06
Oct-12	1,584	-0.49
Nov-12	1,599	0.89
Dec-12	1,602	0.98
Jan-13	1,600	0.73
Feb-13	1,602	1.05
Mar-13	1,597	0.07
Apr-13	1,620	0.91
May-13	1,603	0.05
Jun-13	1,604	1.73
Jul-13	1,615	1.71
Aug-13	1,619	2.04
Sep-13	1,608	0.63
Oct-13	1,608	1.54
Nov-13	1,604	0.28
Dec-13	1,604	0.17
Jan-14	1,598	-0.13
Feb-14	1,606	0.22
Mar-14	1,614	1.06
Apr-14	1,595	-1.56
May-14	1,608	0.33
Jun-14	1,616	0.76
Jul-14	1,614	-0.04
Aug-14	1,614	-0.31
Sep-14	1,610	0.15
Oct-14	1,611	0.19
Nov-14	1,611	0.45
Dec-14	1,598	-0.38
Jan-15	1,627	1.83
Feb-15	1,625	1.20
Mar-15	1,634	1.29
Apr-15	1,649	3.44
May-15	1,632	1.48
Jun-15	1,631	0.93
Jul-15	1,638	1.49
Aug-15	1,636	1.37
Sep-15	1,648	2.37
Oct-15	1,653	2.58
Nov-15	1,653	2.65
Dec-15	1,650	3.27
Jan-16	1,660	2.02
Feb-16	1,662	2.28
Mar-16	1,654	1.20
Apr-16	1,647	-0.16
May-16	1,660	1.71
Jun-16	1,656	1.50
Jul-16	1,660	1.31
Aug-16	1,662	1.59
Sep-16	1,659	0.64
Oct-16	1,664	0.68
Nov-16	1,666	0.74
Dec-16	1,672	1.33
Jan-17	1,692	1.94
Feb-17	1,660	-0.12
Mar-17	1,676	1.34
Apr-17	1,688	2.51
May-17	1,707	2.82
Jun-17	1,703	2.89
Jul-17	1,696	2.19
Aug-17	1,702	2.40
Sep-17	1,710	3.12
Oct-17	1,714	3.00
Nov-17	1,727	3.67
Dec-17	1,720	2.84
Jan-18	1,698	0.35
Feb-18	1,721	3.68
Mar-18	1,724	2.86
Apr-18	1,759	4.22
May-18	1,727	1.16
Jun-18	1,738	2.05
Jul-18	1,741	2.64
Aug-18	1,743	2.40
Sep-18	1,749	2.25
Oct-18	1,755	2.40
Nov-18	1,753	1.51
Dec-18	1,751	1.79
Jan-19	1,762	3.78
Feb-19	1,764	2.47
Mar-19	1,775	2.97
Apr-19	1,766	0.36
May-19	1,762	2.00
Jun-19	1,762	1.35
Jul-19	1,770	1.65
Aug-19	1,773	1.74
Sep-19	1,777	1.62
Oct-19	1,772	0.95
Nov-19	1,774	1.18
Dec-19	1,780	1.69
Jan-20	1,769	0.34
Feb-20	1,764	0.01
Mar-20	1,779	0.20
Apr-20	1,610	-8.82
May-20	1,593	-9.55
Jun-20	1,660	-5.80
Jul-20	1,681	-5.02
Aug-20	1,687	-4.87
Sep-20	1,690	-4.88
Oct-20	1,711	-3.44

Monthly hours worked in all jobs, Seasonally adjusted

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Participation

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

increased by 0.9 pts to 65.8%, and decreased 0.1 pts over the year to October 2020
increased by 1.1 pts for men (to 70.8%) and increased by 0.8 pts for women (to 61.0%)

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Oct-10	65.7	72.6	58.9
Nov-10	65.8	72.7	59.1
Dec-10	65.6	72.6	58.8
Jan-11	65.8	72.8	58.9
Feb-11	65.5	72.5	58.7
Mar-11	65.6	72.4	59.0
Apr-11	65.4	72.2	58.7
May-11	65.3	72.0	58.7
Jun-11	65.3	71.9	58.9
Jul-11	65.4	72.0	59.0
Aug-11	65.4	72.1	58.9
Sep-11	65.5	72.1	59.1
Oct-11	65.4	72.1	58.9
Nov-11	65.4	72.0	58.9
Dec-11	65.1	71.8	58.6
Jan-12	65.3	72.2	58.7
Feb-12	65.1	71.8	58.6
Mar-12	65.3	71.8	59.1
Apr-12	65.1	71.7	58.6
May-12	65.3	71.8	59.1
Jun-12	65.1	71.6	58.8
Jul-12	65.1	71.5	58.8
Aug-12	65.0	71.6	58.6
Sep-12	65.3	71.8	59.0
Oct-12	65.2	71.8	58.8
Nov-12	64.9	71.5	58.6
Dec-12	65.0	71.7	58.6
Jan-13	65.3	71.9	58.8
Feb-13	65.2	71.7	59.0
Mar-13	65.1	71.5	58.8
Apr-13	65.2	71.5	59.0
May-13	65.0	71.5	58.7
Jun-13	65.1	71.6	58.7
Jul-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Aug-13	64.9	71.3	58.7
Sep-13	64.8	71.2	58.7
Oct-13	64.8	71.2	58.7
Nov-13	64.6	71.0	58.4
Dec-13	64.5	70.9	58.2
Jan-14	64.6	70.9	58.5
Feb-14	64.6	70.8	58.6
Mar-14	64.7	70.9	58.8
Apr-14	64.7	71.0	58.5
May-14	64.6	70.7	58.6
Jun-14	64.7	70.9	58.7
Jul-14	64.8	71.0	58.7
Aug-14	64.6	70.9	58.6
Sep-14	64.6	70.7	58.8
Oct-14	64.7	70.8	58.7
Nov-14	64.5	71.1	58.2
Dec-14	64.6	70.9	58.6
Jan-15	64.8	71.1	58.6
Feb-15	64.9	71.2	58.8
Mar-15	64.9	71.3	58.6
Apr-15	64.8	71.1	58.7
May-15	64.9	71.0	58.9
Jun-15	64.8	70.8	59.0
Jul-15	65.1	71.0	59.3
Aug-15	64.9	70.9	59.1
Sep-15	65.0	70.9	59.2
Oct-15	65.2	71.1	59.4
Nov-15	65.2	70.9	59.7
Dec-15	65.1	71.0	59.5
Jan-16	65.2	71.3	59.4
Feb-16	65.0	70.7	59.4
Mar-16	64.9	70.8	59.3
Apr-16	64.9	70.6	59.4
May-16	64.9	70.6	59.3
Jun-16	64.9	70.4	59.6
Jul-16	64.9	70.6	59.5
Aug-16	64.7	70.4	59.1
Sep-16	64.5	70.1	59.1
Oct-16	64.5	70.3	59.0
Nov-16	64.7	70.3	59.3
Dec-16	64.8	70.6	59.3
Jan-17	64.7	70.2	59.4
Feb-17	64.7	70.4	59.2
Mar-17	64.9	70.5	59.5
Apr-17	64.9	70.7	59.4
May-17	65.0	70.6	59.6
Jun-17	65.1	70.5	59.8
Jul-17	65.2	70.7	59.8
Aug-17	65.3	70.8	60.0
Sep-17	65.3	70.7	60.1
Oct-17	65.3	70.6	60.1
Nov-17	65.5	70.9	60.3
Dec-17	65.8	71.2	60.6
Jan-18	65.8	71.2	60.5
Feb-18	65.7	71.0	60.6
Mar-18	65.6	70.8	60.5
Apr-18	65.6	70.9	60.5
May-18	65.4	70.7	60.4
Jun-18	65.7	70.9	60.6
Jul-18	65.5	70.9	60.3
Aug-18	65.6	71.0	60.4
Sep-18	65.4	70.7	60.3
Oct-18	65.5	70.8	60.4
Nov-18	65.7	71.0	60.5
Dec-18	65.7	71.0	60.5
Jan-19	65.7	71.0	60.7
Feb-19	65.6	70.7	60.6
Mar-19	65.7	71.0	60.6
Apr-19	65.9	71.0	60.9
May-19	66.0	71.5	60.8
Jun-19	66.0	71.2	60.9
Jul-19	66.0	71.2	61.0
Aug-19	66.2	71.3	61.2
Sep-19	66.1	71.1	61.2
Oct-19	66.0	70.9	61.2
Nov-19	65.9	70.9	61.1
Dec-19	66.0	71.0	61.1
Jan-20	66.1	70.8	61.5
Feb-20	65.9	70.8	61.3
Mar-20	65.9	70.8	61.2
Apr-20	63.6	68.9	58.4
May-20	62.7	68.0	57.5
Jun-20	64.1	69.1	59.2
Jul-20	64.7	69.6	59.9
Aug-20	65.0	69.9	60.3
Sep-20	64.9	69.7	60.1
Oct-20	65.8	70.8	61.0

Participation rate, Seasonally adjusted

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Underemployment

In seasonally adjusted terms, in October 2020:

the underemployment rate decreased by 1.0 pts to 10.4% (1.9 pts higher than a year ago)
the underutilisation rate decreased by 0.9 pts to 17.4%

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted
	People (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Oct-10	7.0	5.5	8.9
Nov-10	6.9	5.5	8.6
Dec-10	7.0	5.3	8.9
Jan-11	6.8	5.1	8.9
Feb-11	6.9	5.1	9.0
Mar-11	6.9	5.2	9.0
Apr-11	7.0	5.4	8.9
May-11	7.1	5.5	8.9
Jun-11	7.0	5.4	8.8
Jul-11	6.8	5.1	8.8
Aug-11	6.7	5.0	8.8
Sep-11	6.8	5.0	8.9
Oct-11	6.9	5.2	9.0
Nov-11	7.1	5.3	9.1
Dec-11	7.1	5.4	9.2
Jan-12	7.2	5.5	9.1
Feb-12	7.3	5.7	9.1
Mar-12	7.2	5.6	9.1
Apr-12	7.3	5.5	9.4
May-12	7.4	5.5	9.6
Jun-12	7.2	5.4	9.3
Jul-12	7.1	5.2	9.2
Aug-12	6.9	5.1	9.0
Sep-12	6.8	5.1	8.9
Oct-12	7.0	5.2	9.1
Nov-12	7.0	5.3	9.1
Dec-12	7.0	5.3	9.0
Jan-13	7.0	5.3	8.9
Feb-13	7.1	5.4	9.0
Mar-13	7.2	5.5	9.3
Apr-13	7.2	5.5	9.2
May-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jun-13	7.5	5.9	9.5
Jul-13	7.4	5.6	9.5
Aug-13	7.6	5.8	9.7
Sep-13	7.4	5.7	9.5
Oct-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Nov-13	7.5	5.7	9.6
Dec-13	7.5	5.8	9.5
Jan-14	7.3	5.7	9.3
Feb-14	7.5	5.7	9.6
Mar-14	7.5	5.7	9.7
Apr-14	7.7	5.7	9.9
May-14	7.8	5.9	9.9
Jun-14	7.9	6.0	10.2
Jul-14	8.3	6.3	10.6
Aug-14	8.4	6.4	10.7
Sep-14	8.8	6.9	11.1
Oct-14	8.2	6.3	10.4
Nov-14	8.6	6.7	10.9
Dec-14	8.4	6.5	10.7
Jan-15	8.5	6.5	10.9
Feb-15	8.5	6.4	11.0
Mar-15	8.2	5.9	10.8
Apr-15	8.3	6.4	10.6
May-15	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-15	8.4	6.5	10.6
Jul-15	8.6	6.8	10.7
Aug-15	8.4	6.4	10.8
Sep-15	8.8	6.8	11.2
Oct-15	8.7	6.7	11.0
Nov-15	8.6	6.7	10.8
Dec-15	8.5	6.3	10.9
Jan-16	8.5	6.6	10.7
Feb-16	8.4	6.5	10.5
Mar-16	8.4	6.6	10.5
Apr-16	8.6	7.1	10.4
May-16	8.3	6.7	10.2
Jun-16	8.8	7.0	10.8
Jul-16	9.0	7.0	11.3
Aug-16	8.8	7.1	10.7
Sep-16	8.7	6.9	10.8
Oct-16	8.5	6.8	10.5
Nov-16	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-16	8.6	6.8	10.7
Jan-17	8.8	6.9	11.0
Feb-17	9.0	6.9	11.5
Mar-17	8.6	6.8	10.7
Apr-17	8.8	6.7	11.1
May-17	8.7	6.8	10.8
Jun-17	8.4	6.6	10.5
Jul-17	8.5	6.8	10.5
Aug-17	8.6	6.8	10.6
Sep-17	8.5	6.7	10.6
Oct-17	8.5	6.6	10.6
Nov-17	8.5	6.7	10.6
Dec-17	8.5	6.5	10.8
Jan-18	8.7	7.0	10.6
Feb-18	8.5	6.6	10.7
Mar-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Apr-18	8.5	6.4	10.8
May-18	8.4	6.4	10.7
Jun-18	8.6	6.6	10.9
Jul-18	8.5	6.3	10.9
Aug-18	8.2	6.0	10.6
Sep-18	8.3	6.3	10.6
Oct-18	8.3	6.2	10.6
Nov-18	8.5	6.6	10.7
Dec-18	8.3	6.5	10.4
Jan-19	8.1	6.2	10.3
Feb-19	8.1	6.2	10.2
Mar-19	8.3	6.5	10.3
Apr-19	8.5	6.9	10.3
May-19	8.5	6.8	10.5
Jun-19	8.2	6.6	10.0
Jul-19	8.4	6.7	10.4
Aug-19	8.5	6.9	10.3
Sep-19	8.3	6.8	10.1
Oct-19	8.5	6.7	10.5
Nov-19	8.3	6.7	10.2
Dec-19	8.2	6.6	10.1
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	11.8

Underemployment rate, Seasonally adjusted

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States and territories

October 2020, Seasonally adjusted
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania	Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Employed people	4,070,800	3,302,400	2,563,500	853,000	1,366,200	251,600	129,200	247,900	12,773,900
Employed people - monthly change	0.90%	2.50%	1.00%	0.70%	1.10%	0.00%	2.40%	3.60%	1.40%
Employment to population ratio	61.30%	60.20%	61.50%	58.70%	63.80%	56.30%	68.60%	72.30%	61.20%
Employment to population ratio - monthly change	0.5 pts	1.5 pts	0.5 pts	0.4 pts	0.7 pts	0.0 pts	1.7 pts	2.5 pts	0.8 pts
Unemployment rate	6.50%	7.40%	7.70%	7.00%	6.60%	8.20%	5.70%	3.90%	7.00%
Unemployment rate - monthly change	-0.7 pts	0.7 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts	-0.1 pts	0.6 pts	1.0 pts	0.1 pts	0.1 pts
Underemployment rate	9.90%	13.00%	9.50%	10.00%	8.40%	10.40%	8.00%	7.70%	10.40%
Underemployment rate - monthly change	-0.2 pts	-1.9 pts	-1.3 pts	-1.2 pts	-0.9 pts	-0.5 pts	1.6 pts	0.9 pts	-1.0 pts
Participation rate	65.60%	65.00%	66.60%	63.10%	68.30%	61.40%	72.80%	75.20%	65.80%
Participation rate - monthly change	0.1 pts	2.0 pts	0.7 pts	0.5 pts	0.6 pts	0.3 pts	2.5 pts	2.7 pts	0.9 pts

Rotation group analysis

Sample composition and rotation

Estimates for the incoming and outgoing rotation groups

Incoming and outgoing rotation groups
	September outgoing rotation group	October incoming rotation group	October outgoing rotation group	October estimate (Original)
Employment to population ratio	60.5%	60.7%	62.5%	61.1%
Full-time employement to population ratio	41.7%	40.4%	42.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.0%	6.7%	6.7%
Participation rate	64.5%	65.2%	67.0%	65.5%

States and territories

Managing COVID-19 impacts on the incoming rotation groups

Comparability with seasonally adjusted data

Contribution from sample components to estimates

Data files

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Data downloads

Labour Force Survey results are released in three stages.

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

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

Labour Force status

Data files

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

Data files

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

Data files

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

Labour Force, Australia

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Key statistics

Survey impacts and changes

Managing the impact of COVID-19 on labour force statistics

Survey response and timeline

Continued suspension of trend estimates

Treatment of people on JobKeeper, JobSeeker or stood down

1. People paid through the JobKeeper wage subsidy: employed

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

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

Articles and other information

Unemployment

People not looking for work

Employment

Flows into and out of employment

Flows in labour force status, September to October

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

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All time series spreadsheets

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Understanding the labour force

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Regional estimates

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