Australia Yearbook - 2001

224 Year Book Australia 2001
Males
Females
Persons
6.14 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, Annual Average
%
12
10
8
6
1981–82 1984–85 1987–88 1990–91 1993–94 1996–97 1999–00
Source: Labour Force, Australia (6203.0).
4
6.15 UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, Age and Whether Looking for Full-time or Part-time Work, Annual
Average—1999–2000
Males
’000
No. unemployed
Females
’000
Persons
’000
Males
%
Unemployment rate
Females
%
Persons
LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME WORK
Aged 15–19 38.4 29.4 67.8 20.0 25.1 21.9
Attending school/tertiary educational institution full-time 6.6 4.2 10.7 47.3 42.7 45.4
Not attending school/tertiary educational institution full-time 31.8 25.3 57.1 18.0 23.6 20.1
Aged 20–24 54.8 32.1 86.9 11.4 9.3 10.5
Attending a tertiary educational institution full-time 3.0 2.1 5.1 24.5 20.0 22.4
Not attending a tertiary educational institution full-time 51.8 30.0 81.8 11.0 8.9 10.2
Aged 25–34 81.1 42.8 123.9 6.6 6.4 6.6
Aged 35–44 64.0 41.0 105.0 5.1 7.3 5.8
Aged 45–54 46.9 26.5 73.5 4.5 5.1 4.7
Aged 55 and over 27.3 7.2 34.6 5.3 4.6 5.2
Total 312.5 179.0 491.5 6.6 7.5 6.9
LOOKING FOR PART-TIME WORK
Aged 15–19 36.0 38.4 74.4 17.0 13.9 15.2
Attending school/tertiary educational institution full-time 32.9 34.8 67.7 19.4 15.7 17.3
Not attending school/tertiary educational institution full-time 3.0 3.6 6.6 7.3 6.6 6.9
Aged 20–24 9.6 12.5 22.0 8.2 7.4 7.7
Attending a tertiary educational institution full-time 7.0 6.2 13.2 11.1 8.6 9.8
Not attending a tertiary educational institution full-time 2.6 6.2 8.8 4.8 6.5 5.9
Aged 25–34 5.7 19.6 25.4 6.2 5.9 5.9
Aged 35–44 3.7 21.5 25.2 4.7 4.4 4.5
Aged 45–54 3.4 10.4 13.8 4.2 2.8 3.1
Aged 55 and over 4.5 4.6 9.1 4.0 2.5 3.1
Total 62.9 107.0 169.8 9.1 5.9 6.8
Source: Labour Force Survey.
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