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DECEMBER 2011

TREND ESTIMATES

Employment

Fell by 2,100 to 11 440,100

Unemployment

Rose by 2000 to 634,200

Unemployment Rate

Remained at 5.3%

Participation Rate

Fell by 0.1% to 65.4%

 

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

Employment

Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment fell by 29,300 to 11,421,300.
Full-time employment rose by 24,500 to 8,051,000.
Part-time employment fell by 53,700 persons to 3,370,300.

Unemployment

The seasonally adjusted total of unemployed fell by 3,800 to 629,900.
The number of people looking for part-time work fell by 4,100 to 177,600.
Number of people looking for full-time work rose by 300 to 452,300.

Unemployment Rate

Seasonally adjusted remained at 5.2%

Participation Rate

Seasonally adjusted fell by 0.3% to 65.2%.

All details from the Australian Bureau of Statistics