March 2008 Employment Figures

TREND ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Rose to 10,677,000

UNEMPLOYMENT

Fell to 449,400

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Fell to 4.0%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Remained at 65.2%

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

EMPLOYMENT

Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment rose by 14,800 to 10,681,600.
Full-time employment rose by 5,300 to 7,637,900.
Part-time employment rose by 9,500 to 3,043,800.

UNEMPLOYMENT

The seasonally adjusted total of unemployed rose by 13,800 to 453,200.
The number of people looking for full-time work rose by 19,900 to 312,900.
Number of people looking for part-time work fell by 6,100 to 140,200..

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Seasonally adjusted the rate rose by 0.1% to 4.1%

PARTICIPATION RATE

Seasonally adjusted remained at 65.2%.

All details from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

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