Labour Market Brief
South Australia

The ABS Labour Force Survey data for South Australia released in April for March showed that in seasonally adjusted terms:

• Total employment decreased by 584 (-0.1%) to 846,791 people.
  • Over the past year, employment in South Australia has decreased by 10,547 (-1.2%).
• Total unemployment decreased by 5,350 (-9.4%) to 56,841 people, and the unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 6.3%.
  • Over the past year, unemployment in South Australia has decreased by 482 (-0.8%), and the unemployment rate has remained steady at 6.3%.
• Total underutilisation has decreased by 5,502 (-4.1%) to 134,619 people, and the underutilisation rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 14.9%.
  • Over the past year, total underutilisation has decreased by 18,683 (-13.9%) and the underutilisation rate has decreased by 1.9 percentage points.

Nationally in March:

• Total employment increased by 70,706 (0.5%) to 13.08 million people.
  • Over the past year, employment in Australia has increased by 74,287 (0.6%).
• Total unemployment decreased by 27,104 (-3.5%) to 778,091 people and the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.6%
  • Over the past year, unemployment in Australia has increased by 62,116 (8.0%) and the unemployment rate has increased by 0.4 percentage points.
• Total underutilisation decreased by 111,376 (-5.9%) to 1.87 million people, and the underutilisation rate decreased by 0.9 percentage points to 13.5%.
  • Over the past year, total underutilisation has decreased by 50,803 (-2.7%) and the underutilisation rate has decreased by 0.5 percentage points.

• In March, seasonally adjusted employment in South Australia decreased by 584 (-0.1%) to 846,791 people.
• Compared with March last year, total employment in South Australia has decreased by 10,547 (-1.2%).
• Nationally, employment in increased by 70,706 (0.5%) to 13.08 million people.

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• Full-time employment in South Australia decreased by 290 (-0.1%) to 551,991 in March, and has increased by 4,692 (0.9%) over the year.
• Part-time employment in South Australia, in original terms increased by 1,965 (0.7%) to 296,699 in March. Part-time employment has decreased by 14,486 (-4.9%) over the last year.

• In March, the total number of unemployed people in South Australia decreased by 5,350 (-9.4%) to 56,841.
• Compared with March last year, unemployment in South Australia has decreased by 482 (-0.8%) people.
• Nationally, total unemployment in March decreased by 27,104 (-3.5%) to 778,091 people.

• In March, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in South Australia decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 6.3% .
• Compared with March last year, the unemployment rate in South Australia has remained steady at 6.3%.
• Nationally, unemployment decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.6%

• In March, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for males in South Australia decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 6.5%.
• Compared with March last year male unemployment in South Australia has remained steady at 6.5%.
• In the same period, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for females in decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 6.0%.
• Compared with March last year female unemployment in South Australia has remained steady at 6.0%.

• The underemployment rate remained steady at 8.6% . The total number of people underemployed has decreased by 152 (-0.2%) to 77,779 people.
• Over the past year, total underemployment has decreased by 18,201 (-23.4%).
• Nationally, the underemployment rate in March decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 7.9% and the total number of people underemployed decreased by 84,272 (-7.7%) to 1.09 million

• The underutilisation rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 14.9%. Over the past month, the number of underutilised people has decreased by 5,502 (-4.1%) to 134,619.
• Over the past year, underutilisation in South Australia has decreased by 18,683 (-13.9%).
• Nationally the underutilisation rate in March decreased by 0.9 percentage points to 13.5%, and the total number of underutilised people decreased by 111,376 (-5.9%) to 1.87 million.

• The total number of hours worked in all jobs increased by 1.23 million (1.1%) to 114.98 million.
• Over the past year, the number of hours worked in South Australia has increased by 1.02 million (0.9%).
• Nationally, the total number of hours worked in March increased by 38.26 million (2.1%) to 1,800 million.