Monthly Statistical Bulletin
1.3 Labour force
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Labour force (a) – '000
July	10 225.8	10 524.4	10 725.1	10 944.3	11 204.1
August	10 214.8	10 554.0	10 742.7	10 976.1	11 194.7
September	10 266.7	10 546.2	10 776.3	10 990.9	11 211.2
October	10 294.1	10 554.8	10 740.6	11 019.4	11 254.3
November	10 323.4	10 572.0	10 776.9	11 084.6	11 246.6
December	10 332.1	10 571.5	10 835.8	11 075.8
January	10 378.7	10 576.8	10 835.1	11 091.5
February	10 409.4	10 603.8	10 863.1	11 108.6
March	10 462.3	10 618.1	10 871.9	11 127.5
April	10 502.8	10 638.1	10 890.3	11 187.9
May	10 488.9	10 660.0	10 923.4	11 162.3
June	10 508.5	10 688.4	10 928.7	11 182.3
Annual average	10 366.8	10 591.5	10 823.5	11 080.4
Participation rate (a) (b) – per cent
July	63.4	64.4	64.8	64.9	65.3
August	63.3	64.5	64.8	65.0	65.1
September	63.5	64.4	64.9	65.0	65.1
October	63.6	64.4	64.6	65.1	65.2
November	63.7	64.4	64.7	65.4	65.1
December	63.7	64.3	64.9	65.2
January	63.9	64.3	64.8	65.2
February	64.0	64.4	64.9	65.2
March	64.3	64.4	64.9	65.2
April	64.5	64.4	64.9	65.5
May	64.3	64.5	65.0	65.2
June	64.4	64.6	64.9	65.2
Annual average	63.9	64.4	64.8	65.2
(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
								15 January 2009