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Released - 27/09/2018
Next release - 09/01/2019

Key statistics

August 2018 trend estimates:

  • Job vacancies increased 3.4% to 240,900 since May 2018.
  • Job vacancies have increased 19.3% since August 2017.

Percentage change from previous quarter- trend estimates.

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Percentage change in trends for job vacancies
Quarter All sectors Private sector Public sector
May 2017 3.7% 3.8% 3.1%
Aug 2017 4.6% 5.0% 1.0%
Nov 2017 5.5% 6.0% 0.7%
Feb 2018 5.0% 5.3% 2.1%
May 2018 4.1% 4.2% 3.1%
Aug 2018 3.4% 3.4% 3.3%
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Quarterly change

Compared to May 2018- trend estimates:

  • Job vacancies increased 3.4% to 240,900
  • Private sector vacancies increased 3.4%, to 220,000
  • Public sector vacancies increased 3.3% to 20,900
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Yearly change

Compared to August 2017- trend estimates:

  • Job vacancies have increased 19.3%
  • Private sector vacancies have increased by 20.3%
  • Public sector vacancies have increased by 9.5%
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Job vacancies by industry

Original estimates:

  • The Administrative and support services industry continued to have the highest number of job vacancies (46,700).
  • The Electricity, gas, water and waste services industry continued to have the least (1,800).
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Job vacancies by state

Number of job vacancies- original estimates.

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Job vacancies estimates by state and sector
State All sectors Private sector Public sector
ACT 7,400 5,900 1,500
NSW 82,400 76,200 6,200
NT 3,700 3,300 400
QLD 35,100 32,200 2,900
SA 11,900 10,500 1,400
TAS 3,000 2,400 600
VIC 72,000 66,000 6,000
WA 27,600 25,600 2,000

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States and territories

Estimates of the number of job vacancies by states and territories, and Australia.

Private sector

Estimates of the number of job vacancies in the private sector, by states and territories, and Australia.

Public Sector

Estimates of the number of job vacancies in the public sector, by states and territories, and Australia.

Industries

Estimates of the number of job vacancies by industry.

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Methodology

Scope

The survey covers all employing organisations in Australia (public and private sectors), except:

  • enterprises primarily engaged in agriculture, forestry and fishing;
  • private households employing staff; and
  • foreign embassies, consulates, etc.

State data by industry is not available.

Geographic coverage

Coverage includes estimates:

  • by state and territory

Coverage excludes estimates:

  • for geographic areas below state and territory

Sample size

Approximately 5,400 employers

Sample of employers were selected from the ABS Business Register (ABSBR)

Collection method

Online forms and/or telephone interviews.

This is the most up to date data we have available.

Concepts sources and methods

Descriptions of the underlying concepts and methods used in making these estimates are available in Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods

Changes in the series

Gap in all series: original, seasonally adjusted and trend, for five periods between August 2008 and August 2009 inclusive

Modelled data for the gap period have been used in the production of trend time series data

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