Full-time Jobs are Recovering in Australia

Jan 30, 2021 2-minute read

Australia • Covid-19 • Economy • Labour-Force • Unemployment

Data: ABS - Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly (6291.0.55.003)

According to the ABS, “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 LFS is designed to primarily provide estimates of employment and unemployment for the whole of Australia and, secondarily, for each state and territory.”

National Trends

The figure shows the changes in the number of persons employed in Australia by gender and type of employment (full- or part-time) since January 2019.

While until October most of the recovery in employment data was due to increase in the number of part-time jobs, data from November and December shows a substantial increase in the full-time trends, potentially partly due to restrictions being eased in Victoria and further optimisim in sustainable economic recovery across the country.

This plot looks at the YoY change in the number of persons employed in each category. The number that you see at each point of time in 2020 is compared to a similar point in 2019, for example June 2020, shows the change for that cohorts compared to June 2019.

One more plot: in case you would like to see the actual yoy change in the number of people employed in each category, have a look at this one.