Summary

The ABS Labour Force Survey data for South Australia released in February for January showed that in seasonally adjusted terms:

Total employment increased by 19,906 (2.0%) to 0.97 million people.
- Over the past year, employment in South Australia has increased by 34,815 (3.6%).
Total unemployment increased by 466 (1.1%) to 41,821 people, and the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.1%.
- Over the past year, unemployment in South Australia has increased by 2,239 (5.4%), and the unemployment rate has remained steady at 4.1%.
Total underutilisation has increased by 8,090 (7.4%) to 109,030 people, and the underutilisation rate increased by 0.6 percentage points to 10.8%.
- Over the past year, total underutilisation has decreased by 6,291 (-5.8%) and the underutilisation rate has decreased by 1.0 percentage points.

Nationally in January:

Total employment increased by 43,994 (0.3%) to 14.63 million people.
- Over the past year, employment in Australia has increased by 498,325 (3.4%).
Total unemployment increased by 23,380 (3.7%) to 627,490 people and the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.1%
- Over the past year, unemployment in Australia has increased by 25,060 (4.0%) and the unemployment rate has remained steady at 4.1%.
Total underutilisation increased by 29,798 (1.9%) to 1.54 million people, and the underutilisation rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 10.1%.
- Over the past year, total underutilisation has decreased by 48,874 (-3.2%) and the underutilisation rate has decreased by 0.7 percentage points.

Employment

In January, seasonally adjusted employment in South Australia increased by 19,906 (2.0%) to 0.97 million people.
Compared with January last year, total employment in South Australia has increased by 34,815 (3.6%).
Nationally, employment in increased by 43,994 (0.3%) to 14.63 million people.

Full-time employment in South Australia increased by 5,307 (0.8%) to 632,179 in January, and has increased by 19,380 (3.1%) over the year.
Part-time employment in South Australia, in original terms increased by 14,599 (4.3%) to 339,691 in January. Part-time employment has increased by 15,435 (4.5%) over the last year.

In January, the total number of unemployed people in South Australia increased by 466 (1.1%) to 41,821.
Compared with January last year, unemployment in South Australia has increased by 2,239 (5.4%) people.
Nationally, total unemployment in January increased by 23,380 (3.7%) to 627,490 people.

In January, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for males in South Australia decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 4.4%.
Compared with January last year male unemployment in South Australia has increased by 0.3 percentage points.
In the same period, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for females in increased by 0.6 percentage points to 3.8%.
Compared with January last year female unemployment in South Australia has decreased by 0.2 percentage points.

The underemployment rate increased by 0.6 percentage points to 6.6% . The total number of people underemployed has increased by 7,624 (11.3%) to 67,208 people.
Over the past year, total underemployment has decreased by 8,530 (-12.7%).
Nationally, the underemployment rate in January remained steady at 6.0% and the total number of people underemployed increased by 6,417 (0.7%) to 914,273.

The total number of hours worked in all jobs increased by 2,623 (2.0%) to 128,926.
Over the past year, the number of hours worked in South Australia has increased by 9886.0 percentage points.
Nationally, the total number of hours worked in January decreased by 7,310 (-0.4%) to 1.97 million.