Household Labour Force Survey: March 2011 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  05 May 2011

Sections

    Downloads

    Media release  – 
    Labour market strengthening

    Highlights – seasonally adjusted

    For the March 2011 quarter:

    • Employment increased by 30,000 to 2,214,000.
    • Unemployment decreased by 2,000 to 155,000.
    • The unemployment rate decreased to 6.6 percent.
    Seasonally adjusted March 2011 quarter Quarterly change Annual change
     Unemployment rate 6.6% -0.1 +0.5
     Unemployed 155,000 -1.4% +9.4%
     Employed 2,214,000 +1.4% +1.8%
     Not in the labour force 1,081,000 -2.2% -0.7%
     Labour force participation rate 68.7% +0.8 +0.7

     

     Graph, Employment, seasonally adjusted, quarterly. Graph, Unemployment, seasonally adjusted, quarterly.

      

    Geoff Bascand 5 May 2011
    Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0487

    Sections

      Downloads