Australian Unemployment
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January 2010 Employment Figures

TREND ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Rose by 26,700 to 10,936,200

UNEMPLOYMENT

Fell by 8,000 to 627,400

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Fell to 5.4%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Remained rose to 65.3%

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment rose by 52,700 to 10,966,300.
Full-time employment rose by 15,900 to 7,652,200.
Part-time employment rose by 36,900 to 3,314,200.

UNEMPLOYMENT

The seasonally adjusted total of unemployed fell by 22,300 to 612,000.
The number of people looking for full-time work fell by 17,900 to 444,600.
Number of people looking for part-time work rose by 4,400 to 167,400.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Seasonally adjusted the rate fell by 0.2% to 5.3%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Seasonally adjusted remained at 65.3%.

All details from the Australian Bureau of Statistics



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