Household Labour Force Survey: December 2009 quarter
Highlights
- Seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 18,000 to 168,000.
- The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 7.3 percent.
- Seasonally adjusted employment decreased by 2,000 to 2,152,000.
|
December 2009 quarter |
Quarterly change |
Annual change |
| Unemployment rate |
7.3% |
+0.8 |
+2.6 |
| Unemployed |
168,000 |
+12.2% |
+54.7% |
| Employed |
2,152,000 |
-0.1% |
-2.4% |
| Not in the labour force |
1,086,000 |
+0.3% |
+4.6% |
| Labour force participation rate |
68.1% |
+0.1 |
-0.9 |
| Geoff Bascand |
4 February 2010 |
| Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-0487 |