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DJSIR Labourforce Data Methodology

The DJSIR Labour Force includes detailed labour market activity data compiled and released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the National Skills Commission. Attributions under respective charts will specify the time period of the data (i.e. whether it is produced on a monthly, or quarterly), as well as whether it is original (raw) data, seasonally adjusted, 3-month or 12-month rolling average.

The monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides information about the labour market activity of Australia's resident civilian population aged 15 years and over. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has been publishing monthly labour market data since February 1978. The LFS is designed to provide estimates of employment and unemployment for Australia, for each state and territory.

Data from the monthly Labour Force Survey are released in two stages:

The initial release is Labour Force Australia, which includes headline estimates of employment, unemployment, underemployment, participation and hours worked for Australia, and the states and territories. This is usually published 39 days after the beginning of interviews for that month, which is the third Thursday of the month following the reference month (e.g. estimates for March are published on the third Thursday in April). The exception is December, where estimates are published 46 days after.
The second release is Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, which includes more detailed monthly and quarterly data. The quarterly detailed data was previously published separately, in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly. The second release occurs 7 days after the first release (i.e. the fourth Thursday of the month).

Labour force status - Employed, Unemployed, Not in the labour force;
For people in the labour force - Unemployment rate, the Underemployment rate, Participation rate, flow into and out of employment (Gross flows);
For employed people - Status in employment, full-time or part-time status, hours actually worked, hours usually worked, total monthly hours worked, duration of employment, expectations of future employment, underemployment, reason for working fewer hours than usual in the reference week;
For unemployed people - Whether looked for full-time and/or part-time work, duration of job search, and whether active steps taken to find work;
For people not in the labour force - Reason not in the labour force, whether looking for work;
Socio-demographic information - Sex, age, social marital status, relationship in household, family type, participation in school and tertiary education, highest year of school completed, level of highest educational attainment, birthplace and year of arrival in Australia; and
Geography/Region (of usual residence) - State or Territory, Capital City and Labour Force Regions (Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4)).

People in the labour force - Hours-based measures of underutilisation, and retrenchments in the previous quarter;
Employed people - occupation, industry, sector (public/private), and whether casual (i.e. employee without paid leave entitlements);
Unemployed people - Whether looked for full-time and/or part-time work, reason for ceasing last job, and industry and occupation of last job;
People not in the labour force - Retrenchments in the previous quarter.

The National Skills Commission produces quarterly jobactive caseload data to the All Regions and by Employment Region. The data and the content is available on the Labour Market Insight website for the following cohorts: