Labour market analysis
Labour market and vacancy reports including: Leading Indicator of Employment; Regional updates; Australian Jobs; Australian Regional Labour Markets; Job Outlook; Labour Economics Office; Skill Shortages; Small area labour markets; Vacancy Reports.
The quarterly Australian Regional Labour Markets publication presents statistics on employment, unemployment, the unemployment rate and the participation rate by ABS labour force region.
Information on industries and occupations with good prospects. Vital for employment services, career advisers, job seekers, job changers and those exploring career options.
Located in each state and territory, the Labour Economics Offices monitor and analyse trends in state and territory economies and labour markets.
Contains employment profiles for DEWR Labour Market Regions (LMRs) and Employment Service Areas (ESAs) based on ABS 2001 Census data. The profiles include data by both Industries and Occupations. There are 19 Labour Market Regions and 137 Employment Service Areas.
Census 2006 on SkillsInfo
Estimates of the number of unemployed persons and unemployment rates for approximately 1,350 Statistical Local Areas across Australia. Also estimates of the main labour market aggregates for the 19 DEWR labour market regions.
The department conducts surveys of employers regarding their recent recruitment experiences. The findings are available for a number of regions across Australia.
State and Territory Skill Shortages lists and reports for individual skilled occupations are available at workplace.gov.au/skillshortages
DEWR Skilled Vacancies Index (SVI), ICT Vacancy Index and Vacancies on Australian JobSearch by occupation
Australian Labour Market Update is a quarterly publication which explains the labour market for those seeking jobs in Australia, particularly migrants.
Information on recipients by age, gender, geographic state, country of birth, marital status, home ownership, medical condition, earnings, rate and duration.
This monthly publication presents statistical information for the various types of labour market payments delivered by Centrelink on behalf of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Employment service area data and labour force region data.
A report released on 24 November 2005 by the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, former Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, showed that Australia faces a potential shortfall of 195,000 workers as a result of ageing of the adult population over the five years from 2004-05 to 2009-10.