Australia Unemployment Rate 1978-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent in August of 2018, the same as in the prior month and matching market consensus. The jobless rate remained at its the lowest level since November 2012, as the economy added 44,000 jobs while the number of unemployed increased by 5,800. Unemployment Rate in Australia averaged 6.86 percent from 1978 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 11.20 percent in December of 1992 and a record low of 4 percent in February of 2008.

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Australia August Jobless Rate Matches Estimates

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent in August of 2018, the same as in the prior month and matching market consensus. The jobless rate remained at its the lowest level since November 2012, as the economy added 44,000 jobs while the number of unemployed increased by 5,800.

In August, the number of unemployed rose by 5,800 to 708,800, as people looking for only part-time work increased by 13,200 to 214,000, while those looking for full-time work decreased by 7,500 to 494,800.

Employment went up by 44,000 to 12,631,300, missing estimates of an increase of 15,000. Part-time employment increased by 10,200 to 4,000,600 while full-time employment went up by 33,700 to 8,603,700.

The labor force participation rate rose by 0.1 points from a month earlier to 65.7 percent while markets estimated 65.6 percent. Meantime, the employment to population ratio went up by 0.1 percentage points to 62.2 percent.

Seasonally adjusted monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 0.6 million hours, or 0.03 percent, to 1,750.9 million hours.

Australian Bureau of Statistics l Chusnul Ch Manan | chusnul@tradingeconomics.com
9/13/2018 11:49:27 AM

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-07-19	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.4%	5.4%	5.4%	5.5%
2018-08-16	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.3%	5.4%	5.4%	5.5%
2018-09-13	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.3%	5.3%	5.3%	5.4%
2018-10-19	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		5.3%		5.4%
2018-11-16	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate				5.4%
2018-12-14	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate				5.4%

Australia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.30	5.30	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12631.28	12587.28	12631.28	5997.91	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	708.77	703.00	959.95	364.59	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	10250.00	-24350.00	73432.00	-73084.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	33700.00	20100.00	80400.00	-81000.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	44000.00	-4300.00	99100.00	-75000.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.70	65.60	65.80	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.70	11.10	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	101.80	100.90	104.21	58.20	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	100.60	101.10	102.50	45.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	234.20	220.80	234.20	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	177241.00	178349.00	258085.00	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1207.40	1191.50	1207.40	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.10	2.10	4.30	1.90	percent	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1304.50	1309.40	1309.40	333.00	AUD/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	719.20	694.90	719.20	522.12	AUD/week	[+]
Population	24.70	24.13	24.70	10.39	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.50	65.50	62.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	3420.00	3440.00	3460.00	3420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	2420.00	2430.00	2440.00	2420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2440.00	2660.00	2660.00	2440.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6110.00	6250.00	6250.00	6110.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	62.10	62.20	62.90	54.00	percent	[+]

Australia Unemployment Rate

In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Australia Unemployment Rate at 5.8% in December - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.30	5.30	11.20	4.00	1978 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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unemployment rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
South Africa	27.20	Jun/18	26.7	31.2	21.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	15.30	Jun/18	16.74	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	12.30	Jul/18	12.4	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Italy	10.40	Jul/18	10.8	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Turkey	10.20	Jun/18	9.7	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
Argentina	9.60	Jun/18	9.1	20.8	5.9	%	Quarterly
France	9.10	Jun/18	9.2	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.20	Jul/18	8.2	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	6.10	Mar/18	6	6.3	4.35	%	Quarterly
Canada	6.00	Aug/18	5.8	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.30	Aug/18	5.3	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.13	Mar/18	5.5	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	4.60	Aug/18	4.7	14.1	4.6	%	Monthly
South Korea	4.20	Aug/18	3.8	7.1	3	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.00	Jul/18	4	12	3.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	3.90	Aug/18	3.8	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.90	Aug/18	3.9	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
China	3.83	Jun/18	3.89	4.3	3.83	%	Quarterly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Mexico	3.50	Jul/18	3.4	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Germany	3.40	Jul/18	3.4	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Japan	2.50	Jul/18	2.4	5.5	1	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.40	Aug/18	2.4	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Singapore	2.10	Jun/18	2	6	1.4	%	Quarterly