Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.3 Labour force
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Labour force (a) – '000
July	11 058.9	11 382.5	11 616.7	11 885.7	12 059.2
August	11 098.3	11 380.6	11 601.3	11 891.5	12 065.5
September	11 123.5	11 404.6	11 630.7	11 935.2	12 079.4
October	11 135.0	11 427.5	11 642.7	11 996.3	12 082.2
November	11 205.3	11 429.1	11 662.4	12 030.9	12 084.3
December	11 209.3	11 446.6	11 702.3	12 013.7	12 051.3
January	11 224.0	11 470.8	11 715.8	12 033.1
February	11 245.2	11 547.7	11 738.4	12 019.7
March	11 280.1	11 577.0	11 775.3	12 055.4
April	11 345.2	11 573.4	11 800.5	12 012.3
May	11 320.0	11 599.7	11 782.3	12 025.1
June	11 367.8	11 592.1	11 838.2	12 043.2
Annual average	11 218.6	11 489.2	11 707.6	11 993.8
Participation rate (a) (b) – per cent
July	65.2	65.6	65.5	65.6	65.6
August	65.3	65.5	65.3	65.5	65.6
September	65.3	65.5	65.3	65.6	65.6
October	65.3	65.5	65.3	65.9	65.5
November	65.6	65.4	65.3	66.0	65.5
December	65.5	65.4	65.4	65.8	65.2
January	65.5	65.4	65.4	65.8
February	65.4	65.7	65.3	65.7
March	65.5	65.7	65.4	65.8
April	65.8	65.6	65.4	65.5
May	65.5	65.6	65.2	65.5
June	65.7	65.5	65.4	65.6
Annual average	65.5	65.5	65.4	65.7
(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
								16 February 2012