FEBRUARY 2020
TREND ESTIMATES
Employment
Up by 21,100 to 13,010,200.
Full-time employment rose by 13,300 to 8,885,600.
Part-time employment rose by 7,800 to 4,124,500.
Unemployment
Down by 1,300 to 698,900 people.
Unemployment Rate
Remained at 5.1%
Participation Rate
Remained at 66.0%.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Employment
Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment rose by 26,700 to 13,015,100.
Full-time employment rose by 6,700 to 8,884,600.
Part-time employment rose by 20,000 to 4,130,600.
Unemployment
The seasonally adjusted total of unemployed fell by 26,400 to 699,100 persons.
Unemployment Rate
Seasonally adjusted fell by 0.2% to 5.1%.
Participation Rate
Seasonally adjusted fell by 0.1% to 66.0%.
All details from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
