Contains estimates of employed and unemployed persons classified by sex, full-time/part-time status, states and territories and some age groups; and persons not in the labour force.

Key points

Trend Estimates (Monthly Change)

• Employment increased to 11,767,200.
• Unemployment decreased to 753,800.
• Unemployment rate remained steady at 6.0%.
• Participation rate remained steady at 64.8%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 2.0 million hours to 1,636.3 million hours.

Seasonally Adjusted Estimates (Monthly Change)

• Employment increased 7,300 to 11,768,600. Full-time employment increased 24,500 to 8,156,200 and part-time employment decreased 17,200 to 3,612,400.
• Unemployment increased 12,800 to 756,100. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work increased 27,200 to 541,200 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work decreased 14,500 to 214,900.
• Unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 6.0% from a revised May 2015 estimate.
• Participation rate increased less than 0.1 pts to 64.8%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 5.1 million hours (0.3%) to 1,636.9 million hours.