Headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked from the monthly Labour Force Survey. Estimates of changes throughout this release are calculated using un-rounded level estimates and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded level estimates.
For definitions of labour statistics used in this publication, please refer to Glossary of Labour Force, Australia methodology. Interviews for December commenced earlier than usual, given the usual operation difficulties around the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
For further information, see Collection method. The ABS would like to thank Australians for their continued support in responding to our surveys, given how critically important this information is.
Large month-to-month changes occurred during the COVID pandemic, resulting in multiple trend breaks. The ABS recommends caution when using trend estimates published in spreadsheets in this release for this period. Information on trend breaks can be found in Labour Force, Australia methodology, December In trend terms, in December , employment increased by 31, people 0. The net sum of the inflows and outflows does not necessarily equal the 'net' employment growth.
For December , the net change in the number of employed people is the result of around , people entering employment i. This contrasts with November , where around , people entered employment and around , people left employment. In trend terms, in December , the employment-to-population ratio remained at The employment-to-population ratio provides a measure of employment relative to the size of the population.
