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Labour and Demography


Labour Market 

Employment and Unemployment, South Australia

Oct 2008 Oct 2009 Change
Employment ('000)
Full-time 546.6 521.8 -24.8
Part-time 245.4 274.1 +28.6
Total 792.1 795.9 +3.8
Unemployment and Participation Rates (per cent)
Unemployment Rate 5.4

5.3

-0.1
Participation Rate 63.7 63.2 -0.5

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

 

Unemployment Rate, Monthly Trend Series 


  Source: ABS, Statistics.

 

Participation Rate, Monthly Trend Series


Source: ABS, Statistics.

 

Demography

Population Change, South Australia

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*
South Australia, 2004 to 2051

Projected Population by Age Group 

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