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Labour and Demography

Labour Market

	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Change
Employment ('000)
Full-time	540.6	533.4	-7.2
Part-time	247.6	259.7	+12.1
Total	788.2	793.1	+4.9
Unemployment and Participation Rates (per cent)
Unemployment Rate	5.4	5.3	-0.1
Participation Rate	63.2	62.9	-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.