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May 28 2008
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More migrants find work in Australia: Report from ABS.
The majority of recent migrants are finding work in Australia, according to
figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Over two-thirds (68%) of recent migrants (those who have arrived in the last
ten years) were employed in November 2007, compared to 66% for people born in
Australia.
Migrants from main English-speaking countries were more likely to have a job than those born
in other countries (88% compared to 76%).
Over half (54%) of the migrants who had a job at some time since arriving in
Australia already had a job arranged before arrival, or had one within 3
months of arrival.
However, just over one-third (36%) reported some difficulties finding their
first job - the most common being 'lack of Australian work experience or
references', 'language', and 'lack of local contacts and networks'.
Further details can be found in Labour Force and Other Characteristics of
Recent Migrants, November 2007 (6250.0).
http://www.abs.gov.au
MAY 2008
Seasonally Adjusted Estimates of Unemployment sourced from the
ABS for the month of April 2008, compared to the previous month.
Unemployment Numbers INCREASED by 16,900 to 469,800.
The number of persons looking for full-time work increased by 17,300 to 330,500
and the number of persons looking for part-time work decreased by 400 to
139,300.
Unemployment rate INCREASED increased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.2%.
The male unemployment rate increased marginally to 4.0%, and the female
unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.5%.
Employed persons INCREASED by 25,400 to 10,712,900.
Full-time employment increased by 19,000 to 7,658,000 and part-time employment
increased by 6,300 to 3,054,900.
Full Time and Part Time Employment Positions
As at June 2008, in Australia, there were 6.87 Million employees in Full Time
employment and 3.26 Million in part time employment.
As at June 2006, in Australia, there were 7.3
Million employees in Full Time employment and almost 3 Million in part time
employment. The number of people looking for full-time work fell 1,400 to
370,000, while those looking for part-time work increased 8,800 to 159,000.
Queensland: In July 2007, total employment
in Queensland in trend terms rose to 2,131,300 persons. Full-time employed
persons (1,559,900) accounted for 73% of total employed persons. Males accounted
for 65% of full-time employed persons and 55% of total employed persons.
The trend estimate of the number of
unemployed persons in Queensland continues to fall
and in July 2007 was 76,400 persons. This equates to an unemployment rate of
3.5%. (4.1% Female & 3% Male)
There were 2,127,300 employed persons in
Queensland in May 2007. The industries employing the most persons are: Retail
trade (328,700), Property and business services (249,700) and Construction
(229,100). The industries employing the least number of persons included
Electricity, gas and water (16,400), Communication services (31,100) and Mining
(37,100).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Unemployment
The trend unemployment rate for Australia generally fell from 8.1% in October
1997 to 6.0% in
September 2000. After rising to 7.0% in October 2001, the trend has generally
fallen to
stand at 4.3% in October 2007.
Source (Note: This source is a 980kb PDF file)
Unemployment Rate at October 2007
Overall unemployment is 4.3%.
The male unemployment rate is 4.0%, and
the female unemployment rate is 4.8%.
Seasonally Adjusted trend unemployment rates for each State:
NSW 4.6%, VIC 4.3%, QLD 3.8%, S.A. 5.4%, W.A. 3.6%, TAS 5.7%, NT 4.6%, ACT
2.5%
Unemployment Rate at June 2006
Overall unemployment was 4.9% in June 2006.
Among the States, the June 2006 jobless rate dipped in:
- Queensland (to 4.6 per cent from 4.9 per cent), (July 2007 = 3.5%)
- South Australia (to 4.7 per cent from 5.2 per cent),
- Tasmania (to 6.5 per cent from 6.7 per cent) and the
- Northern Territory (to 5.3 per cent from 5.6 per cent).
Unemployment was up in:
- NSW (to 5.4 per cent from 5.2 per cent),
- Victoria (to 5.1 per cent from 5 per cent) and
- Western Australia (to 3.6 per cent from 3.5 per cent).
The jobless rate was lowest in the ACT where it stayed steady at 3.2 per cent.
Unemployment Rates as at
March 2006
Brisbane Unemployment Rate : 4.7 %
Areas:
- Gold Coast : 4.2 %
- Ipswich : 5.9 %
- Logan : 6.5 %
- North Brisbane : 3.6 %
- Redcliffe Caboolture : 5.6 %
- South East Brisbane : 3.9 %
- South West Brisbane : 5.4 %
- Sunshine Coast : 6.3 %
Sydney Unemployment Rate : 4.7%
Areas:
- Blue Mountains : 3.9 %
- Canterbury-Bankstown : 5.3 %
- Central Coast Sydney : 6.2 %
- Central West Sydney : 5.0 %
- Fairfield-Liverpool : 6.7 %
- Hawkesbury : 3.2 %
- Inner City-Eastern Suburbs Sydney : 3.5 %
- Inner West Sydney : 3.5 %
- Macarthur : 6.0 %
- North Shore Sydney : 3.2 %
- Northern Beaches Sydney : 2.9 %
- Outer West Sydney : 5.5 %
- St George-Sutherland : 3.8 %
- Wollongong : 8.2 %
Adelaide Unemployment Rate : 5.7%
Areas:
- Adelaide Metropolitan : 4.5 %
- North Eastern Adelaide : 3.2 %
- North Western Adelaide : 6.4 %
- Northern Adelaide : 8.6 %
- South West Adelaide : 4.6 %
- Southern Adelaide : 8.1 %
Perth Unemployment Rate : 4.0 %
Areas:
- Kwinana-Rockingham : 6.7 %
- South West Metro Perth : 3.4 %
- Central Perth : 4.1 %
- North Metro Perth : 4.0 %
- South East Metro Perth : 4.5 %
- East Metro Perth : 5.0 %
Melbourne Unemployment Rate : 5.0%
Areas:
- East Melbourne : 4.4 %
- Inner East Melbourne : 4.0 %
- North Melbourne : 5.1 %
- North West Melbourne : 6.2 %
- Peninsula Melbourne : 5.2 %
- South East Melbourne : 4.9 %
- South Melbourne : 4.2 %
- South West Melbourne : 5.9 %
- West Melbourne : 7.6 %
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