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Labour and Demography

Labour Market

	Sept 2008	Sept 2009	Change
Employment ('000)
Full-time	551.3	536.3	-15.0
Part-time	243.7	263.1	+19.4
Total	795.0	799.4	+4.4
Unemployment and Participation Rates (per cent)
Unemployment Rate	5.8	5.7	-0.0
Participation Rate	64.3	63.8	-0.4

Note: All measures are in seasonally adjusted terms.
Source: ABS, Statistics.

	2006/07	2007/08
Components of population change (persons)
Natural increase	+6,726	+7,793
Net overseas migration	+13,146	+14,186
Net interstate migration	-3,563	-4,355
Total net population change	+16,309	+17,624
Estimated Resident Population (end of year)
Persons	1,584,197	1,601,821

Source: ABS, Statistics. Calculations by SACES.

Projected Population by Age Group

Note: * Medium series (i.e., Series B) projections.
Source: ABS, Statistics.