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Australia

Area Profile

  • Unemployment Rate : 4.3 %
  • Job Seekers : 658 259
  • Average Job Seeker Age : 35
  • Average Job Seeker Unemployment Duration : 25 months
  • Working Age Population (15-64) : 14 172 917

2006 Census of Population and Housing Statistics

  • Number of People who Identified as Indigenous (15-64) : 266 899
  • Indigenous Employment Rate (15-64) : 47.6 %
  • Number of People Born Overseas (15-64) : 3 337 826
  • Number of People Born in Non-English Speaking Countries (15-64) : 2 099 282
  • Number of People Employed : 9 104 185
  • Employment Rate (15-64) : 71.0 %
  • Employment Rate for People Born Overseas in Non-English Speaking Countries : 62.1 %

Area Profile Source : DEEWR administrative data September 2008 except for the unemployment rate which is ABS Labour Force Survey September 2008 seasonally adjusted data.
Working Age Population Source: Estimated Resident Population (June 2007, based on 2006 SLA structure and then concorded to ESA).

'Job Seeker' is defined as persons registered and active with Job Network.

'Unemployment Duration' is measured as the time the job seeker has been registered with Centrelink.