Household Labour Force Survey: December 2008 quarter - Revised 20 March 2009 – See attached Erratum

Highlights

Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 21,000 to 2,191,000.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 4.6 percent.
The seasonally adjusted labour force participation rate increased to 69.3 percent.
Seasonally adjusted total actual hours worked per week fell by 0.5 percent.

	December 2008 quarter	Quarterly change	Annual change
Unemployment rate	4.6%	+0.4	+1.2
Unemployed	105,000	+10.8%	+36.8%
Employed	2,191,000	+0.9%	+0.9%
Not in the labour force	1,015,000	-1.8%	-1.0%
Labour force participation rate	69.3%	+0.6	+0.6

Geoff Bascand	5 February 2009
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0487