Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.3 Labour force
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Labour force (a) – '000
July	10 547.5	10 800.3	11 017.7	11 274.7	11 456.4
August	10 580.1	10 821.8	11 051.1	11 261.9	11 430.4
September	10 583.6	10 868.7	11 075.1	11 285.4	11 466.1
October	10 589.9	10 817.7	11 088.7	11 313.5	11 501.7
November	10 614.5	10 852.6	11 150.6	11 315.5
December	10 620.9	10 909.6	11 143.7	11 318.1
January	10 634.2	10 911.7	11 166.6	11 355.3
February	10 665.4	10 935.2	11 176.0	11 409.9
March	10 682.7	10 942.1	11 194.0	11 415.4
April	10 703.3	10 960.9	11 254.9	11 415.9
May	10 725.4	10 990.4	11 222.5	11 437.7
June	10 762.7	11 005.8	11 258.4	11 418.3
Annual average	10 641.7	10 899.0	11 150.9	11 355.7
Participation rate (a) (b) – per cent
July	64.5	65.0	65.1	65.5	65.3
August	64.6	65.0	65.2	65.3	65.1
September	64.5	65.2	65.3	65.4	65.2
October	64.5	64.8	65.3	65.4	65.2
November	64.6	64.9	65.6	65.3
December	64.5	65.2	65.4	65.2
January	64.5	65.1	65.4	65.3
February	64.6	65.1	65.4	65.5
March	64.5	65.0	65.4	65.5
April	64.6	65.0	65.6	65.4
May	64.7	65.1	65.4	65.4
June	64.8	65.1	65.5	65.2
Annual average	64.6	65.0	65.4	65.4
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(a) Labour force as a proportion of the civilian population aged 15 years and over.
Source: ABS, Labour force, Cat. no. 6202.0								Update
								10 December 2009