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