Labour and Demography

Labour Market

	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.

	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.