Unemployment – Employment Estimates: ABS v Roy Morgan (1992-2024)
Employment Estimates: ABS v Roy Morgan (2020-2024)
| The Roy Morgan Unemployment Estimate | The ABS Unemployment Estimates | |||||||||
| Unemployed & Looking for work | % of Workforce Unemployed | Unemployed & Looking for work* | % of Workforce Unemployed | |||||||
| Trend/ Original | Seasonally Adjusted* | |||||||||
| (‘000) | (‘000) | % | % | (‘000) | (‘000) | % | % | % | % | |
| 2024 | ||||||||||
| January | 1,382 | 8.9 | 601 | 3.9 | 4.1 | |||||
| February | 1,436 | 9.2 | 548 | 3.8 | 3.7 | |||||
| March | 1,358 | (1,392)** | 8.7 | (8.9)** | 570 | (573)** | 3.9 | (3.9)** | 3.8 | (3.9)** |
| April | 1,535 | 9.7 | 604 | 4.0 | 4.1 | |||||
| May | 1,365 | 8.7 | 599 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |||||
| June | 1,303 | (1,401)** | 8.3 | (8.9)** | ||||||
| July | 1,597 | 10.1 | ||||||||
| August | 1,423 | 9.1 | ||||||||
| September | 1,510 | 9.5 | ||||||||
| October | 1,450 | 9.2 | ||||||||
| November | 1,362 | 8.6 | ||||||||
| December | ||||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||||
| January | 1,607 | 10.7 | 523 | 3.5 | 3.7 | |||||
| February | 1,521 | 10.1 | 508 | 3.5 | 3.5 | |||||
| March | 1,410 | (1,513)** | 9.4 | (10.1)** | 507 | (513)** | 3.5 | (3.5)** | 3.5 | (3.6)** |
| April | 1,286 | 8.5 | 528 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |||||
| May | 1,258 | 8.4 | 516 | 3.5 | 3.6 | |||||
| June | 1,572 | (1,372)** | 10.3 | (9.1)** | 504 | (516)** | 3.5 | (3.5)** | 3.5 | (3.6)** |
| July | 1,381 | 9.1 | 541 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |||||
| August | 1,686 | 11.0 | 541 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |||||
| September | 1,564 | (1,387)** | 10.2 | (10.1)** | 521 | (534)** | 3.6 | (3.6)** | 3.6 | (3.7)** |
| October | 1542 | 9.9 | 548 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |||||
| November | 1,505 | 9.7 | 572 | 3.8 | 3.9 | |||||
| December | 1,364 | (1,470)** | 8.8 | (9.5)** | 574 | (565)** | 3.8 | (3.8)** | 3.9 | (3.8)** |
| 2022 | ||||||||||
| January | 1,201 | 8.2 | 580 | 4.2*** | 4.2 | |||||
| February | 1,227 | 8.5 | 563 | 4.0*** | 4.0 | |||||
| March | 1,133 | (1,187)** | 7.8 | (8.2)** | 551 | (565)** | 4.0*** | (4.1)** | 4.0 | (4.1)** |
| April | 1,411 | 9.7 | 537 | 3.9*** | 3.9 | |||||
| May | 1,169 | 8.1 | 548 | 3.9*** | 3.9 | |||||
| June | 1,125 | (1,235)** | 7.8 | (8.5)** | 494 | (526)** | 3.5*** | (3.8)** | 3.5 | (3.8)** |
| July | 1,246 | 8.5 | 474 | 3.4*** | 3.4 | |||||
| August | 1,363 | 9.2 | 488 | 3.5*** | 3.5 | |||||
| September | 1,202 | (1,270)** | 8.1 | (8.6)** | 499 | (487)** | 3.5 | (3.5)** | 3.5 | (3.5)** |
| October | 1,362 | 9.2 | 478 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |||||
| November | 1,338 | 9.0 | 492 | 3.4 | 3.5 | |||||
| December | 1,384 | (1,361)** | 9.3 | (9.2)** | 494 | (488)** | 3.5 | (3.4)** | 3.5 | (3.5)** |
| 2021 | ||||||||||
| January | 1,680 | 11.7 | 878 | 6.4*** | 6.4 | |||||
| February | 1,930 | 13.2 | 805 | 5.8*** | 5.8 | |||||
| March | 1,639 | (1,750)** | 11.4 | (12.1)** | 778 | (820)** | 5.6*** | (5.9)** | 5.6 | (5.9)** |
| April | 1,307 | 9.0 | 756 | 5.5*** | 5.5 | |||||
| May | 1,493 | 10.3 | 701 | 5.1*** | 5.1 | |||||
| June | 1,394 | (1,398)** | 9.4 | (9.5)** | 679 | (712)** | 4.9*** | (5.2)** | 4.9 | (5.2)** |
| July | 1,422 | 9.7 | 639 | 4.6*** | 4.6 | |||||
| August | 1,362 | 9.5 | 617 | 4.5*** | 4.5 | |||||
| September | 1,265 | (1,350)** | 8.7 | (9.3)** | 626 | (627)** | 4.6*** | (4.6)** | 4.6 | (4.6)** |
| October | 1,320 | 9.2 | 707 | 5.2*** | 5.2 | |||||
| November | 1,330 | 9.2 | 637 | 4.6*** | 4.6 | |||||
| December | 1,252 | (1,301)** | 8.5 | (9.0)** | 574 | (639)** | 4.2*** | (4.7)** | 4.2 | (4.7)** |
| 2020 | ||||||||||
| January | 1,361 | 9.7 | 726 | 5.2 | 5.3 | |||||
| February | 1,174 | 8.3 | 699 | 5.1 | 5.1 | |||||
| March (All) | 1,715 | (1,417)** | 12.2 | (10.1)** | 719 | (715)** | 5.2 | (5.2)** | 5.2 | (5.2)** |
| March (Early) | 1,019 | 7.3 | ||||||||
| March (Late) | 2,407 | 16.8 | ||||||||
| April | 2,159 | 15.3 | 823 | 6.2*** | 6.2 | |||||
| May | 2,090 | 14.8 | 928 | 7.1*** | 7.1 | |||||
| June | 2,048 | (2,099)** | 14.5 | (14.9)** | 992 | (914)** | 7.4*** | (6.9)** | 7.4 | (6.9)** |
| July | 1,786 | 12.5 | 1,009 | 7.5*** | 7.5 | |||||
| August | 1,980 | 13.8 | 922 | 6.8*** | 6.8 | |||||
| September | 1,828 | (1,865)** | 12.9 | (13.1)** | 937 | (956)** | 6.9*** | (7.1)** | 6.9 | (7.1)** |
| October | 1,810 | 12.8 | 961 | 7.0*** | 7.0 | |||||
| November | 1,680 | 11.9 | 942 | 6.8*** | 6.8 | |||||
| December | 1,724 | (1,738)** | 12.0 | (12.2)** | 912 | (938)** | 6.6*** | (6.6)** | 6.6 | (6.8)** |
*Average calculated for previous three months; **Seasonally adjusted figures. ***There were no ABS Trend estimates released for Apr. 2020 – Aug. 2022 (29 months).
Employment Estimates: ABS v Roy Morgan Archive (1992-2019)
