Australia Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Australia decreased to 5.50 percent in April of 2013 from 5.60 percent in March of 2013. Unemployment Rate in Australia is reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistic. Historically, from 1978 until 2013, Australia Unemployment Rate averaged 6.96 Percent reaching an all time high of 10.90 Percent in December of 1992 and a record low of 4 Percent in February of 2008. In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page includes a chart with historical data for Australia Unemployment Rate.

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Australia Unemployment Rate Down to 5.5% in April
ABS | Nuno Fontes | nuno@tradingeconomics.com  |  5/9/2013 8:40:43 AM


Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 5.5 percent in April, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 50 thousand to 11.663 million in April.

Both full-time and part-time employment increased, with full-time employment up 34,500 to 8.159 million people and part-time employment up 15,600 people to 3.503 million. The increase in total employment was driven by increases in part-time and full-time employment for both males and females.

The number of people unemployed decreased by 2,700 people to 685,300 in April. The ABS monthly seasonally adjusted aggregate hours worked series increased in April, up 10.9 million hours (0.7 percent) to 1,643.3 million hours.
 
The ABS reported a seasonally adjusted labour force participation rate increase of 0.2 percentage points to 65.3 percent in April. 

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Australia Unemployment Rate Up to 5.6% in March
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 5.6 per cent in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced. 2013-04-11
Australia's Unemployment Remains at 5.4 Percent in October
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased slightly but the rounded estimate remained at 5.4 per cent in October. 2012-11-08
Australia Unemployment Rate Steady at 5.4 Percent
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady at 5.4 percent in February. The number of people unemployed increased by 400 people to 660,000 in February, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2013-03-14
Australia's Unemployment Increases to 5.4 Percent in September
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.3 percentage points to 5.4 per cent in September, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on October 11. 2012-10-11
Australia's Unemployment Rate Remained Steady in January
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Australia remained unchanged at 5.4 percent in January of 2013. 2013-02-07
Australia's Unemployment Decreases to 5.1% in August
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 per cent in August, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on September 6th. 2012-09-06
Australia's Unemployment Rate at 5.4% in December
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.4 per cent in December, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today. 2013-01-17
Australia's Unemployment at 5.2% in July
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 5.2 per cent in July, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on August 9th. 2012-08-09
Australia's Unemployment at 5.2 Percent in November
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage point to 5.2 per cent in November, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2012-12-06



Unemployment Rate | Notes

The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job divided by the labour force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people starting to look for jobs, of employed people who lose their jobs and look for new ones and of people who stop looking for employment.






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