Household Labour Force Survey: September 2009 quarter
Highlights
- Seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 12,000 to 150,000.
- The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 6.5 percent.
- Seasonally adjusted employment decreased by 17,000 to 2,154,000.
|
September 2009 quarter |
Quarterly change |
Annual change |
| Unemployment rate |
6.5% |
+0.5 |
+2.2 |
| Unemployed |
150,000 |
+9.0% |
+53.9% |
| Employed |
2,154,000 |
-0.8% |
-1.8% |
| Not in the labour force |
1,083,000 |
+1.8% |
+3.3% |
| Labour force participation rate |
68.0% |
-0.4 |
-0.6 |
| Geoff Bascand |
5 November 2009 |
| Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-0487 |