Labour Market Data

 

Labour force data for South Australia is released monthly:

For detailed labour market data on an industry, region or occupation basis, you are encouraged to use the Workforce Wizard tool.


South Australian labour force indicators (Trend) December 2011

  TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 819,800 - fell by 600 (less than 0.1%)

 

  UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE 46,400 - rose by 200 (0.4%)

 

  HEADLINE UNEMPLOYMENT 5.3% - unchanged (seasonally adjusted)

 

  PARTICIPATION RATE 63.3% - unchanged



Regional unemployment (Year to) December 2011


Six Statistical Regions within South Australia are covered.

The total unemployment rate applies to people 15 years and over, and the youth (full-time) unemployment rate refers to young people 15-19 years of age.

Data provided are yearly averages and can not be compared to previous data, which was quarterly averaged. Data in italics are estimates with a relatively standard error of 25% or greater and are considered statistically unreliable.

  STATISTICAL REGION
TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE %
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE %
       
  Northern Adelaide
7.9
29.1
  Western Adelaide
4.6
13.8
  Eastern Adelaide
4.3
22.9
  Southern Adelaide
4.4
18.6
       
  TOTAL ADELAIDE
5.5
22.7
   
  Northern and Western SA
4.6
15.6
  Southern and Eastern SA
5.2
37.0
       
  Total balance of SA
5.0
27.2
   
  TOTAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA
5.4
24.2

SOURCE: ABS Labour Force Survey data on SuperTABLE

WIS+INTERACT: Interactive regional unemployment rates


To view customisable regional unemployment data, the WIS+interact tools will give you control over a range of parameters (regions, timeframe, graph or table):

View total unemployment rates by Statistical Region


View unemployment rates by SA Works Network Regions

September Quarter 2010: aggregation of data from Quarterly DEEWR Small Area Labour Markets publication. More information on ESF Networks.

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Young people's labour market participation December 2011


Key points about the monthly labour market and learning activities of young South Australians aged 15 to 24 years of age are provided.

  STUDYING FULL-TIME 107,400 (48.0%) are studying as their main activity (excludes those working full-time)

 

  WORKING FULL-TIME 62,200 (27.8%)

 

  UNEMPLOYED AND SEEKING FULL TIME WORK 12,100 (full-time unemployment to population ratio 5.4%. National ratio is 4.7%)

 

  UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 16.3% full-time unemployment rate. Compared with 13.0% nationally


Data presented are trend estimates derived by the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) does not publish trend labour force data at a disaggregated level, therefore DFEEST has used the ABS methodology to produce trend labour force data for young people. As a result, the data presented here is not comparable to previous data. Trended data provides a more reliable indication of long-term trends by smoothing extreme estimates.

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