Household Labour Force Survey: March 2010 quarter
Highlights
- Seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased by 25,000 to 140,000.
- The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 6.0 percent.
- Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 22,000 to 2,177,000.
|
March 2010 quarter |
Quarterly change |
Annual change |
| Unemployment rate |
6.0% |
-1.1 |
+0.9 |
| Unemployed |
140,000 |
-15.1% |
+19.3% |
| Employed |
2,177,000 |
+1.0% |
-0.1% |
| Not in the labour force |
1,087,000 |
+0.2% |
+2.6% |
| Labour force participation rate |
68.1% |
0 |
-0.3 |
| Geoff Bascand |
6 May 2010 |
| Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-0487 |