December 2009 Employment Figures

TREND ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Rose by 22,300 to 10,884,300

UNEMPLOYMENT

Fell by 3800 to 648,200

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Fell to 5.6%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Remained at 65.2%

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment rose by 35,200 to 10,905,900.
Full-time employment rose by 7,300 to 7,635,100.
Part-time employment rose by 27,900 to 3,270,800.

UNEMPLOYMENT

The seasonally adjusted total of unemployed fell by 10,600 to 639,400.
The number of people looking for full-time work fell by 15,700 to 467,200.
Number of people looking for part-time work rose by 5,100 to 172,100.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Seasonally adjusted the rate fell by 0.1% to 5.5%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Seasonally adjusted remained at 65.2%.

All details from the Australian Bureau of Statistics