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AUGUST 2010

TREND ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Rose by 16,700 to 11,220,600

UNEMPLOYMENT

Rose by 500 to 619,100

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Remained at 5.2%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Remained at 65.3%

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment rose by 23,500 to 11,235,700.
Full-time employment fell by 4,200 to 7,866,400.
Part-time employment rose by 27,700 to 3,369,400.

UNEMPLOYMENT

The seasonally adjusted total of unemployed rose by 24,600 to 631,800.
The number of people looking for full-time work rose by 17,300 to 449,300.
Number of people looking for part-time work rose by 7,300 to 182,500.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Seasonally adjusted the rate rose by 0.2% at 5.3%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Seasonally adjusted rose by 0.2% to 65.5%.

All details from the Australian Bureau of Statistics