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Latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.49 million Australians unemployed in May – up 186,000 on April for an unemployment rate of 10.3% with the increase somewhat offset by a fall in under-employment which dropped 101,000 in May to 1,256,000 (8.6%).
Country: This Roy Morgan survey on Australiaâs unemployment and âunder-employedâ is based on weekly face-to-face interviews of 751,605 Australians aged 14 and over between January 2007 and April 2021 and includes 5,758 telephone and online interviews in April 2021. The âunder-employedâ are those people who are in part-time work or freelancers who are looking for more work.
Latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.31 million Australians unemployed in April – down 332,000 on March for an unemployment rate of 9.0%, the lowest since early March 2020 – but the drop was offset by a rise in under-employment which increased 268,000 in April to 9.3%.
13.29 million Australians were employed in April – a new record high:
Roy Morgan Research Australian unemployment drops to its lowest for a year as employment increases again in March
Country: This Roy Morgan survey on Australiaâs unemployment and âunder-employedâ is based on weekly face-to-face interviews of 745,847 Australians aged 14 and over between January 2007 and March 2021 and includes 5,959 telephone and online interviews in March 2021. The âunder-employedâ are those people who are in part-time work or freelancers who are looking for more work.
Latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.64 million Australians unemployed in March (down 291,000 on February) for an unemployment rate of 11.4% - the lowest for a year.
12.75 million Australians were employed in March – the highest since early March 2020:
Roy Morgan Research Australian workforce hits a record high in February as employment and unemployment both increase
Note: Roy Morgan unemployment estimates are actual data while the ABS estimates are seasonally adjusted.
Latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.93 million Australians unemployed in February (up 250,000 on January) but under-employment was down 300,000 to 1.14 million.
Over 12.7 million Australians were employed in February – the highest since early March:
12,703,000 Australians were employed, up 28,000 from January driven by an increase in full-time employment, up 125,000 to 8,322,000. Part-time employment was down 97,000 to 4,381,000.
Unemployment increased in February as Australians began looking for work:
1,930,000 Australians were unemployed (
13.2% of the workforce), up 250,000 from January. There were more people looking for full-time work (up 98,000 to 790,0