Tag: Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACTU says young Australians and those in insecure work are bearing the brunt and not getting sufficient Government support.

New South Wales unsurprisingly suffered the biggest drop in employment and hours worked. Qld and Victoria were other big losers.

More Australians are working two jobs now than at any time since statistics began being kept 27 years ago, latest quarterly figures show.

Payroll jobs in Greater Sydney have fallen by almost 9 percent since the latest lockdown began and city seems worse off than in 2020.

Latest data shows more people are now pessimistic about life getting back to pre-Covid norms than they were in November 2020.

New census campaign will include tailored communications in 29 languages in an effort to ensure all communities are included.

Statistics show 360,000 vacancies in May – the highest ever seen in Australia. But economists warn that there is more to it.

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more than a quarter of businesses are struggling to fill their job vacancies.

Another month of steady export growth and a big drop in imported goods makes the trade surplus look very healthy indeed.

ACTU warns that the data doesn’t show how many Aussies are having to juggle multiple insecure jobs to make ends meet.

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more than 7-million people living in Australia were born elsewhere.

Nearly half of all working Australians think they’ll be working remotely for the foreseeable future. Experts believe they’re right.

Strong GDP increases in two consecutive quarters shows that the economy is recovering twice as fast as expected in the October 2020 budget.

Our nation of inveterate foreign travellers took a massive 8.5-million fewer trips overseas during 2020, the Bureau of Statistics says.

Australian Bureau of Statistics says there are more jobs available to Australians now, than there were before the pandemic struck.

The pandemic and its movement restrictions saw passenger vehicle usage drop by more than 26%. Floods and the bushfires hit road travel too.

Australian Bureau of Statistics quantifies how people are moving increasingly online – not just for shopping, but also health services.

Steady trend towards year-on-year growth is setting the scene for a much healthier 2021, Retailers Association believes.

Social distancing, size limits on gatherings and travel restrictions were all likely to have made couples reconsider their marriage plans.

October figures indicate growing business confidence and increasing capital expenditure plans over the next three months.

ABS figures show jobs declined last month. But without Victoria’s dismal performance, employment would actually have risen.

Unsurprisingly, smaller businesses are almost twice as likely to struggle with payments than bigger companies.

Bureau of Statistics visitor arrival figures show 28% drop for 2019-20. Decline in student arrivals even more dramatic.

Half of all Aussies are under 37 years old, baby boomers choose to live at the sea-side, gen-x'ers sold out to the suburbs and young'ens enjoy city life.

Quitting smoking and losing weight are once again the top of the new year's resolutions list.

New figures indicate there are more prisoners doing time in Australian jails than ever before.

Based on new population projections, it's going to feel like 'stacks on Australia' as the number of people calling Australia home is set to double to 46 million by 2075.

Australia is experiencing record low death rates, as the average life expectancy cracks the 82-year mark for the first time.

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the difference between men and women weekly earnings in Australia has widened over the past year to 26 per cent.

Australia’s population will officially hit 23 million on Tuesday at 9:57pm AEST (12:57pm in the UK) according to projections by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.