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["1961",null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a.",null,null,112,null,null,2.6]
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["1965",null,{"v":27.8,"d":"28"},null,null,0.8,null,null,{"v":26.5,"d":"27"},null,null,1.9,null,null,44,null,null,{"v":1,"d":"1.0"},null,null,10,null,null,2.4,null,null,54,null,null,1.2,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,42,null,null,0.9]
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["1968",null,{"v":35.8,"d":"36"},null,null,{"v":1,"d":"1.0"},null,null,{"v":45.3,"d":"45"},null,null,2.8,null,null,{"v":60.7,"d":"61"},null,null,1.3,null,null,{"v":20.4,"d":"20"},null,null,3.7,null,null,{"v":81.1,"d":"81"},null,null,1.6,null,null,8.9,null,null,65,null,null,1.3]
["1969",null,{"v":34.1,"d":"34"},null,null,{"v":1,"d":"1.0"},null,null,{"v":44.8,"d":"45"},null,null,2.7,null,null,{"v":58.3,"d":"58"},null,null,1.2,null,null,{"v":20.6,"d":"21"},null,null,3.5,null,null,{"v":78.9,"d":"79"},null,null,1.5,null,null,7.4,null,null,55,null,null,{"v":1,"d":"1.0"}]
["1970",null,{"v":36.7,"d":"37"},null,null,{"v":1,"d":"1.0"},null,null,{"v":41.5,"d":"42"},null,null,2.3,null,null,{"v":57.9,"d":"58"},null,null,1.2,null,null,{"v":20.3,"d":"20"},null,null,3.4,null,null,{"v":78.2,"d":"78"},null,null,1.4,null,null,7.3,null,null,52,null,null,0.9]
["1971",null,{"v":43.8,"d":"44"},null,null,1.2,null,null,{"v":48.9,"d":"49"},null,null,2.6,null,null,{"v":70.1,"d":"70"},null,null,1.4,null,null,{"v":22.6,"d":"23"},null,null,3.8,null,null,{"v":92.7,"d":"93"},null,null,1.7,null,null,6.6,null,null,66,null,null,1.2]
["1972",null,{"v":74.8,"d":"75"},null,null,{"v":2,"d":"2.0"},null,null,{"v":69.3,"d":"69"},null,null,3.6,null,null,{"v":111.1,"d":"111"},null,null,2.2,null,null,{"v":32.9,"d":"33"},null,null,{"v":5,"d":"5.0"},null,null,144,null,null,2.5,null,null,9.7,null,null,99,null,null,1.7]
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["1975",null,{"v":138.8,"d":"139"},null,null,3.5,null,null,{"v":139.7,"d":"140"},null,null,6.5,null,null,{"v":215.5,"d":"216"},null,null,4.1,null,null,{"v":62.9,"d":"63"},null,null,7.3,null,null,{"v":278.4,"d":"278"},null,null,4.6,null,null,12.7,null,null,246,null,null,{"v":4,"d":"4.0"}]
["1976",null,{"v":156.6,"d":"157"},null,null,3.9,null,null,{"v":136.1,"d":"136"},null,null,6.2,null,null,{"v":236.8,"d":"237"},null,null,4.5,null,null,{"v":55.9,"d":"56"},null,null,6.1,null,null,{"v":292.7,"d":"293"},null,null,4.7,null,null,17.5,null,null,265,null,null,4.3]
["1977",null,{"v":190.1,"d":"190"},null,null,4.7,null,null,{"v":169.2,"d":"169"},null,null,7.4,null,null,{"v":283.3,"d":"283"},null,null,5.3,null,null,76,null,null,7.8,null,null,{"v":359.3,"d":"359"},null,null,5.7,null,null,20.9,null,null,333,null,null,5.2]
["1978 (f) ",null,{"v":222.2,"d":"222"},null,null,5.5,null,null,{"v":176.1,"d":"176"},null,null,7.6,null,null,{"v":334.4,"d":"334"},null,null,6.2,null,null,{"v":63.9,"d":"64"},null,null,6.2,null,null,{"v":398.3,"d":"398"},null,null,6.2,null,null,26.2,null,null,394,null,null,6.2]
["1979",null,{"v":197.5,"d":"198"},null,null,4.8,null,null,{"v":179.9,"d":"180"},null,null,7.7,null,null,{"v":315.8,"d":"316"},null,null,5.8,null,null,{"v":61.7,"d":"62"},null,null,{"v":6,"d":"6.0"},null,null,{"v":377.5,"d":"378"},null,null,5.9,null,null,28.4,null,null,417,"(g)",null,6.5,"(g)"]
["1980",null,{"v":209.6,"d":"210"},null,null,{"v":5,"d":"5.0"},null,null,{"v":184.9,"d":"185"},null,null,7.4,null,null,{"v":334.6,"d":"335"},null,null,{"v":6,"d":"6.0"},null,null,{"v":59.9,"d":"60"},null,null,5.5,null,null,394.5,null,null,5.9,null,null,{"v":32,"d":"32.0"},null,null,427.429,null,null,{"v":6.402567444089935,"d":"6.4"}]
["1981",null,200.5,null,null,4.7,null,null,{"v":180.1,"d":"180"},null,null,7.2,null,null,{"v":323.7,"d":"324"},null,null,5.7,null,null,{"v":56.9,"d":"57"},null,null,5.1,null,null,380.6,null,null,5.6,null,null,34.9,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1982",null,271.7,null,null,6.3,null,null,{"v":189.7,"d":"190"},null,null,7.5,null,null,{"v":387.6,"d":"388"},null,null,6.8,null,null,{"v":73.8,"d":"74"},null,null,6.3,null,null,461.4,null,null,6.7,null,null,32.6,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1983",null,429.7,null,null,9.9,null,null,{"v":257.1,"d":"257"},null,null,9.9,null,null,{"v":607.4,"d":"607"},null,null,10.5,null,null,{"v":79.5,"d":"80"},null,null,6.8,null,null,686.8,null,null,9.9,null,null,41.4,null,null,801.849,null,null,{"v":11.574199974018102,"d":"11.6"}]
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["1985",null,349.1,null,null,7.8,null,null,{"v":223.6,"d":"224"},null,null,{"v":8,"d":"8.0"},null,null,488,null,null,8.2,null,null,{"v":84.7,"d":"85"},null,null,6.5,null,null,572.7,null,null,7.9,null,null,49.5,null,null,766.939,null,null,{"v":10.580950015865788,"d":"10.6"}]
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["1988",null,305.7,null,null,6.5,null,null,233,null,null,7.3,null,null,445.4,null,null,{"v":7,"d":"7.0"},null,null,{"v":93.3,"d":"93"},null,null,5.9,null,null,538.7,null,null,6.8,null,null,51.3,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1989",null,259.7,null,null,5.4,null,null,{"v":208.6,"d":"209"},null,null,6.2,null,null,369,null,null,5.7,null,null,{"v":99.3,"d":"99"},null,null,5.8,null,null,468.3,null,null,5.7,null,null,44.5,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1990",null,336,null,null,6.9,null,null,248.6,null,null,7.1,null,null,475.7,null,null,7.2,null,null,108.8,null,null,6.1,null,null,584.6,null,null,{"v":7,"d":"7.0"},null,null,43.7,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1991",null,497,null,null,10.1,null,null,301.7,null,null,8.6,null,null,679.8,null,null,10.3,null,null,118.9,null,null,6.5,null,null,798.7,null,null,9.5,null,null,{"v":43,"d":"43.0"},null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1992",null,558.4,null,null,11.3,null,null,339.9,null,null,9.5,null,null,757.6,null,null,11.6,null,null,140.7,null,null,{"v":7,"d":"7.0"},null,null,898.3,null,null,10.5,null,null,51.2,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1993",null,564.5,null,null,11.4,null,null,351.6,null,null,9.8,null,null,774.4,null,null,11.8,null,null,141.6,null,null,7.2,null,null,916,null,null,10.7,null,null,57.1,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1994",null,472.8,null,null,9.4,null,null,325,null,null,8.8,null,null,656.3,null,null,9.9,null,null,141.6,null,null,6.9,null,null,798,null,null,9.2,null,null,60.2,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1995",null,434,null,null,8.5,null,null,287.9,null,null,7.5,null,null,583.4,null,null,8.6,null,null,138.5,null,null,6.4,null,null,721.9,null,null,8.1,null,null,{"v":54,"d":"54.0"},null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1996",null,460.2,null,null,8.9,null,null,310.9,null,null,{"v":8,"d":"8.0"},null,null,616.1,null,null,{"v":9,"d":"9.0"},null,null,155,null,null,6.9,null,null,771.1,null,null,8.5,null,null,{"v":50,"d":"50.0"},null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
["1997",null,447.8,null,null,8.7,null,null,316.8,null,null,8.1,null,null,612.4,null,null,{"v":9,"d":"9.0"},null,null,152.2,null,null,6.6,null,null,764.6,null,null,8.4,null,null,54.9,null,null,"n.a.",null,null,"n.a."]
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["(a)","Data are from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force survey. Data are at August."]
["(b)","The number of persons who registered with the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) as seeking full-time work, awaiting placement."]
[null,"Data are at the end of June each year."]
["(c)","The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed  for any group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for the same group."]
["(d)","For the CES data, the unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percentage of the total labour force.  For the years 1950 to 1963"]
[null,"inclusive, the labour force used is the financial year average preceding the June estimate for unemployment.  From 1964 onwards, the labour"]
[null,"force used is that at the August after the June estimate of unemployment."]
["(e)","From 1966 inclusive, all labour force survey series have been revised to take into account the effects of underenumeration in recent"]
[null,"censuses, revision to the population definition, and the new survey methodology introduced in February 1978.  Excluding these effects at"]
[null,"August 1966 the survey data were, from left to right,  59, 1.4, 8, 1.7, 67, 1.4, 36, 1.1, 31 and 2.1."]
["(f)","From 1978 to 1983  inclusive, the labour force survey data conform with the 1981 census. Also from 1978 the survey methodology and"]
[null,"questionnaire were changed. From 1984 to December 1988 estimates conform to the 1986 census benchmarks. From January 1989"]
[null,"estimates conform to the 1991 census benchmarks."]
["(g) ","Estimates shown for June 1979 for Australia are an average of May and July data, as no data was collected in Western Australia in June."]
["(h)","From April 1986 inclusive, the definition of employed persons was extended to include unpaid family helpers working between 1 and 14 hours"]
[null,"per week. These workers were previously classified as either unemployed or not in the labour force."]
[]
["Sources:",null,"\"Commonwealth Employment Service Statistics\", Department of Employment, Education and Training, Canberra, quarterly."]
[null,null,"\"Labour Statistics, Australia\" (6101.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, annual."]
[null,null,"\"Monthly Review of the Employment Situation\", Department of Employment and Youth Affairs, Melbourne, monthly."]
[null,null,"\"The Labour Force, Australia\" (6203.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, monthly."]
[null,null,"\"The Labour Force, Australia\" (6204.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, annual."]
["Updated 2 October 1997"]