Unemployment down 0.1%
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Report, the nation’s unemployment rate decreased 0.1% to 5.7% in September. The ABS said employment increased a seasonally adjusted 40,600 to 10,805,600 and of those newly employed 35,400 were in full-time positions.
Unemployment decreased by 3,800 to 658,600, however the number of persons looking for full-time work increased by 9,500 to 497,400. The number of people looking for part-time work decreased by 13,300 to 161,200.
During September part-time employment increased by 5,200 to 3,215,800.
Looking at the genders, the male unemployment rate decreased 0.1 pt to 5.8%, and the female unemployment rate remained at 5.6%.
The number of people looking for employment increased 0.1 pt to 65.2%.
Finally, the aggregate monthly hours worked increased 13.4 million hours to 1,522.4 million hours.
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