Unemployment rate in Australia: January 2017
There were 720,200Â people unemployed in Australia in January 2017
There were 11,998,200Â people employed in Australia in January 2017
The Unemployment Rate was 5.7% in January 2017
Full-time employment decreased 44,800 to 8,125,700
Part-time employment increased 58,300 to 3,872,500
The labour force under-utilisation rate increased to 15.3% (Male 12.9% Female 17.7%)
Source: www.abs.gov.au (Seasonally Adjusted Estimates)
Unemployed in Australia
There were 720,200 people unemployed in Australia in January 2017
There were 739,600 people unemployed in Australia in December 2016
There were 714,600 people unemployed in Australia in November 2016
Employed in Australia
There were 11,998,200 people employed in Australia in January 2017
There were 11,984,700 people employed in Australia in December 2016
There were 11,949,300 people employed in Australia in November 2016