Australian Bureau of Statistics - March key figures

MARCH KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased to 11,531,600.
• Unemployment increased to 730,400 from a revised February 2014 estimate.
• Unemployment rate increased by less than 0.1 pts to 6.0%.
• Participation rate remained steady at 64.7%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 2.8 million hours (0.2%) to 1,615.6 million hours.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 18,100 to 11,553,200. Full-time employment decreased 22,100 to 8,029,100 and part-time employment increased 40,200 to 3,524,000.
• Unemployment decreased 29,900 (4.0%) to 713,200. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work decreased 16,700 to 509,800 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work decreased 13,300 to 203,400.
• The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.8%, based on unrounded estimates.
• Participation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 64.7%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 8.0 million hours (0.5%) to 1,617.2 million hours.