Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly inched lower to 5.0 percent in December of 2018 from 5.1 percent in the previous month while markets had expected 5.1 percent. The economy added 21,600 jobs while the number of unemployed decreased 14,100. Unemployment Rate in Australia averaged 6.85 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.

Unemployment Rate in Australia is expected to be 5.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Australia to stand at 5.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Australia Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.30 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-10-18	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5%	5.3%	5.3%	5.4%
2018-11-15	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5%	5%	5.1%	5.1%
2018-12-20	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.1%	5%	5%	5.1%
2019-01-24	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5%	5.1%	5.1%	5.1%
2019-02-21	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		5.0%		5.30%
2019-03-21	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate				5.30%
2019-04-18	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate				5.30%

Australia Jobless Rate Edges Down to 5.0% in December

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly inched lower to 5.0 percent in December of 2018 from 5.1 percent in the previous month while markets had expected 5.1 percent. The economy added 21,600 jobs while the number of unemployed decreased 14,100.

In December, the number of unemployed declined by 14,100 to 666,700, as people looking for full-time work fell 9,600 to 458,700, and those looking only for part-time work dropped 4,600 to 208,000. Male unemployment declined 12,900 persons and female unemployment decreased 1,200 persons.

Employment rose by 21,600 to 12,714,100, easily beating market consensus of an increase of 16,500. Part-time employment increased 24,600 to 4,035,300, while full-time employment decreased 3,000 to 8,678,800.

The labor force participation rate fell 0.1 points from a month earlier to 65.6 percent and slightly below forecasts of 65.7 percent. Meantime, the employment to population ratio went up 0.1 percentage points to 62.4 percent.

Seasonally adjusted monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 1.3 million hours, or 0.1 percent, to 1,758.9 million hours.

ABS l Rida Husna | rida@tradingeconomics.com
1/24/2019 12:53:38 AM

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Australia Jobless Rate Edges Up to 5.1% in November
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched higher to 5.1 percent in November of 2018 from a 6-1/2-year low of 5 percent in the previous two months and slightly above market consensus of 5 percent. The economy added 37,000 jobs while the number of unemployed increased 12,500.
Published on 2018-12-20

Australia Jobless Rate Unchanged at 6-1/2-Year Low of 5%
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5 percent in October 2018, the same as in the prior month but slightly below market estimates of 5.1 percent. The jobless rate remained at its lowest level since April 2012.
Published on 2018-11-15

Australia Jobless Rate Falls to 6-1/2-Year Low of 5%
Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 5 percent in September 2018 from 5.3 percent in the previous month while markets estimated 5.3 percent. It was the lowest jobless rate since April 2012, as the economy added 5,600 jobs while the number of unemployed declined by 37,200.
Published on 2018-10-18

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.
Published on 2018-09-13

Australia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.00	5.10	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12694.26	12657.25	12694.26	5997.80	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	683.12	672.05	959.99	364.64	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	24700.00	46200.00	72855.00	-73115.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	-3000.00	-8000.00	81000.00	-81000.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	21600.00	39000.00	99080.00	-75004.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.60	65.70	65.80	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.20	11.50	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	100.70	101.80	104.21	58.20	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	102.20	100.60	102.50	45.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	242.90	240.90	242.90	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	175428.00	175510.00	258085.00	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1207.40	1191.50	1207.40	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.30	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	2790.00	2920.00	2920.00	2770.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1770.00	1820.00	1820.00	1750.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2710.00	2670.00	2710.00	2670.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6120.00	6250.00	6250.00	6120.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	62.30	62.20	62.90	54.00	percent	[+]

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 January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.00	5.10	11.20	4.00	1978 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.50	Sep/18	27.2	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.55	Sep/18	15.28	26.94 : 4.41	%
Brazil	11.60	Nov/18	11.7	13.7 : 6.2	%
Turkey	11.60	Oct/18	11.4	14.8 : 7.3	%
Italy	10.50	Nov/18	10.6	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	9.10	Sep/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Argentina	9.00	Sep/18	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Euro Area	7.90	Nov/18	8	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Jun/18	6.1	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.60	Dec/18	5.6	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	5.00	Dec/18	5.1	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.80	Nov/18	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
United Kingdom	4.00	Nov/18	4.1	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.90	Dec/18	3.7	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.80	Dec/18	3.82	4.3 : 3.8	%
South Korea	3.80	Dec/18	3.8	7.1 : 3	%
Netherlands	3.60	Dec/18	3.5	7.9 : 3.5	%
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3 : 3.41	%
Mexico	3.40	Dec/18	3.3	6.42 : 2.22	%
Germany	3.30	Nov/18	3.3	11.5 : 0.4	%
Switzerland	2.70	Dec/18	2.5	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.50	Nov/18	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.10	Sep/18	2	6 : 1.4	%