Australia's Labour Force Participation Rate is updated monthly, available from Feb 1978 to Jan 2020, with an average rate of 63.4 % . The data reached the an all-time high of 66.4 % in Dec 2019 and a record low of 59.6 % in Jan 1984. This statistic shows the employment in Australia from 2010 to 2018, with projections up until 2020. In 2018, around 12.58 million people were employed in Australia. The APSC collects workforce information in a number of different ways to provide a full picture of the APS workforce. In some instances, information comes from agencies via their HR systems. This includes details of personnel movements in, out and across the APS, as well as rates of unscheduled absence. The female unemployment rate as at January 2019 is 5.2%, down from 5.6% recorded 12 months ago. The number of Australian females recorded as unemployed is 326,000, a drop of 5.7% over the past year. In comparison, there are 347,500 unemployed males, with the male unemployment rate at 4.9%. 154,000 people (34% of the welfare workforce) were early childhood education and care workers, 116,000 (26%) were aged and disabled care workers 307,000 nurses and midwives were employed in 2015 Workforce summary Up-to-date workforce summary statistics can be found on the Department of Health website Workforce Participation. Women comprise 47.4% of all employed persons in Australia; 25.8% of all employed persons are women working full-time, and 21.6% are working part-time* (ABS 2020, Labour Force). Women constitute 37.7% of all full-time employees and 68.2% of all part-time employees (ABS 2020, Labour Force). Overall, the labour force underutilisation rate in Australia in 2016-17 was 11% for men and 15% for women aged 20-74. See Table 1.16 for more detail. People not in the labour force Just over one in five (22%) Australian men aged 20-74 years was not in the labour force in 2016-17, compared with one in three women in this age group (34%).
Although Australia's youth unemployment rate has fallen in recent years to the current level of 11.8 per cent2, the figure still represents a significant underutilisation
The female unemployment rate as at January 2019 is 5.2%, down from 5.6% recorded 12 months ago. The number of Australian females recorded as unemployed is 326,000, a drop of 5.7% over the past year. In comparison, there are 347,500 unemployed males, with the male unemployment rate at 4.9%. 154,000 people (34% of the welfare workforce) were early childhood education and care workers, 116,000 (26%) were aged and disabled care workers 307,000 nurses and midwives were employed in 2015 Workforce summary Up-to-date workforce summary statistics can be found on the Department of Health website Workforce Participation. Women comprise 47.4% of all employed persons in Australia; 25.8% of all employed persons are women working full-time, and 21.6% are working part-time* (ABS 2020, Labour Force). Women constitute 37.7% of all full-time employees and 68.2% of all part-time employees (ABS 2020, Labour Force). Overall, the labour force underutilisation rate in Australia in 2016-17 was 11% for men and 15% for women aged 20-74. See Table 1.16 for more detail. People not in the labour force Just over one in five (22%) Australian men aged 20-74 years was not in the labour force in 2016-17, compared with one in three women in this age group (34%). Australians are increasingly working to older ages. In January 2018, Australians aged 65 and over had a workforce participation rate of 13% (17% for men and 10% for women), compared with 8% in 2006 (12% for men and 4% for women) (Figure 1). Australia's Unemployment Rate increased to 5.29 % in Jan 2020, from the previously reported number of 5.08 % in Dec 2019. Australia's Unemployment Rate is updated monthly, available from Feb 1978 to Jan 2020, with an average rate of 6.24 %. The data reached an all-time high of 11.22 % in Dec 1992 and a record low of 3.98 % in Feb 2008. The data is reported by reported by Australian Bureau of
Labor Force Participation Rate in Australia increased to 66.10 percent in January from 66 percent in December of 2019. Labor Force Participation Rate in Australia averaged 63.36 percent from 1978 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 66.20 percent in August of 2019 and a record low of 60.10 percent in April of 1983.
Australia: Employment from 2010 to 2020 (in millions) This statistic shows the employment in Australia from 2010 to 2018, with projections up until 2020. In 2018, around 12.58 million people were employed in Australia. Workforce Trends: Increasing gender diversity. As organisations start to become more flexible, age and gender diversity is becoming more common across Australia – in 2018, around 47% of all employed persons in Australia are women, with a 60.4% participation rate.
Although Australia's youth unemployment rate has fallen in recent years to the current level of 11.8 per cent2, the figure still represents a significant underutilisation
The APSC collects workforce information in a number of different ways to provide a full picture of the APS workforce. In some instances, information comes from agencies via their HR systems. This includes details of personnel movements in, out and across the APS, as well as rates of unscheduled absence. The female unemployment rate as at January 2019 is 5.2%, down from 5.6% recorded 12 months ago. The number of Australian females recorded as unemployed is 326,000, a drop of 5.7% over the past year. In comparison, there are 347,500 unemployed males, with the male unemployment rate at 4.9%. 154,000 people (34% of the welfare workforce) were early childhood education and care workers, 116,000 (26%) were aged and disabled care workers 307,000 nurses and midwives were employed in 2015 Workforce summary Up-to-date workforce summary statistics can be found on the Department of Health website
Through the year to February 2020, the participation rate increased by 0.4 of a percentage point. Key Measures, ACT and Australia, February 2020. Level.
The female unemployment rate as at January 2019 is 5.2%, down from 5.6% recorded 12 months ago. The number of Australian females recorded as unemployed is 326,000, a drop of 5.7% over the past year. In comparison, there are 347,500 unemployed males, with the male unemployment rate at 4.9%. Over the year to June 2018, Australia’s trend employment-to-population ratio for workforce-age people increased by 0.8 percentage points to 73.7 per cent. The trend workforce-age labour force participation rate increased by 0.7 percentage points over the same period to 78.1 per cent. Figure 8. Workforce Participation. Women comprise 47.0% of all employed persons in Australia; 25.6% of all employed persons are women working full-time, and 21.4% are working part-time* (ABS 2019, Labour Force). Women constitute 37.3% of all full-time employees and 68.1% of all part-time employees (ABS 2019, Labour Force).