Labour & Demography
Labour and demographic trends, including changes in employment, unemployment and participation rates as well as population and projected population by age.
Labour market
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Employment and unemployment, South Australia, trend series
August
2022August
2023Change Employment ('000)
Full-time 605.2
639.4
+34.2
Total 916.3
955.3
+39.0
Unemployment and Participation Rates (per cent) Unemployment Rate 4.2
3.9
-0.4
Participation Rate 63.3
64.4
+1.1
Note: Change may not be equal to the difference in reported numbers due to rounding.
Source: ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Cat. No. 6202.0. -
Unemployment rate, monthly trend series
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Participation rate, monthly trend series
Demography
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Population change, South Australia
2020 2021 2022 Components of Population Change (Persons) Natural increase +4,510 +5,377 +3,999 Net overseas migration +4,056 +1,114 +23,857 Net interstate migration +2,348 +2,310 +670 Total net population change +15,586 +11,235 +28,526 Estimated Resident Population (end of year) Persons 1,794,514 1,805,749 1,834,275 Source: ABS, Australian Demographic Statistics, Cat. No. 3101.0. Calculations by SACES.
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Projected population by age group* South Australia, 2018 to 2066
Note: * Series 29(B) projections.
Source: ABS, Population Projections, Australia, 2017 (base) - 2066, Cat. No. 3222.0.