Table 13 
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality 

Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
  June
2021
June
2022
June
2023
Standard error1 June 2022 to June 2023 June 2021 to June 2022 June 2022 to June 2023 June 2021 to June 2022
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Students 15 to 24 years2                
Population 2,419.3 2,490.7 2,522.1 35.5 31.4 71.4 1.3 3.0
Labour force 1,426.6 1,491.8 1,484.0 37.3 -7.8 65.2 -0.5 4.6
Employment 1,199.0 1,338.0 1,303.9 35.9 -34.1 139.0 -2.5 11.6
Full-time employment 416.3 482.9 431.7 24.6 -51.2 66.6 -10.6 16.0
Part-time employment 782.6 855.2 872.2 29.9 17.0 72.6 2.0 9.3
Unemployment 227.6 153.8 180.2 17.5 26.4 -73.8 17.2 -32.4
Participation rate 59.0 59.9 58.8 1.1 -1.1 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.0 10.3 12.1 1.1 1.8 -5.7 ... ...
Employment rate 49.6 53.7 51.7 1.1 -2.0 4.1 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 759.7 771.2 797.1 5.5 25.9 11.5 3.4 1.5
Labour force 253.8 277.3 295.9 14.4 18.6 23.5 6.7 9.3
Employment 194.4 234.8 232.3 13.3 -2.5 40.4 -1.1 20.8
Full-time employment 12.8 9.2 11.1 5.4 1.9 -3.6 20.7 -28.1
Part-time employment 181.6 225.5 221.2 12.7 -4.3 43.9 -1.9 24.2
Unemployment 59.4 42.5 63.6 7.8 21.1 -16.9 49.6 -28.5
Participation rate 33.4 36.0 37.1 1.9 1.1 2.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 23.4 15.3 21.5 2.4 6.2 -8.1 ... ...
Employment rate 25.6 30.4 29.1 1.7 -1.3 4.8 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 877.5 880.9 908.7 17.6 27.8 3.4 3.2 0.4
Labour force 578.8 549.0 567.1 19.2 18.1 -29.8 3.3 -5.1
Employment 485.2 493.1 497.6 19.3 4.5 7.9 0.9 1.6
Full-time employment 135.0 134.8 124.6 13.0 -10.2 -0.2 -7.6 -0.1
Part-time employment 350.1 358.3 373.0 17.8 14.7 8.2 4.1 2.3
Unemployment 93.6 55.8 69.5 10.1 13.7 -37.8 24.6 -40.4
Participation rate 66.0 62.3 62.4 1.8 0.1 -3.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 16.2 10.2 12.3 1.7 2.1 -6.0 ... ...
Employment rate 55.3 56.0 54.8 1.9 -1.2 0.7 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 782.2 838.6 816.2 30.0 -22.4 56.4 -2.7 7.2
Labour force 594.0 665.6 621.0 27.3 -44.6 71.6 -6.7 12.1
Employment 519.3 610.2 573.9 26.0 -36.3 90.9 -5.9 17.5
Full-time employment 268.5 338.8 295.9 20.0 -42.9 70.3 -12.7 26.2
Part-time employment 250.8 271.3 278.0 19.9 6.7 20.5 2.5 8.2
Unemployment 74.6 55.4 47.1 11.2 -8.3 -19.2 -15.0 -25.7
Participation rate 75.9 79.4 76.1 2.0 -3.3 3.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.6 8.3 7.6 1.8 -0.7 -4.3 ... ...
Employment rate 66.4 72.8 70.3 2.2 -2.5 6.4 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 2,030.8 1,979.0 2,092.4 35.5 113.4 -51.8 5.7 -2.6
Labour force 1,684.6 1,656.8 1,762.7 35.4 105.9 -27.8 6.4 -1.7
Employment 1,478.3 1,515.1 1,573.3 34.5 58.2 36.8 3.8 2.5
Full-time employment 1,112.0 1,153.8 1,185.5 33.2 31.7 41.8 2.7 3.8
Part-time employment 366.4 361.3 387.8 21.8 26.5 -5.1 7.3 -1.4
Unemployment 206.3 141.7 189.3 15.6 47.6 -64.6 33.6 -31.3
Participation rate 83.0 83.7 84.2 1.0 0.5 0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.2 8.6 10.7 0.9 2.2 -3.7 ... ...
Employment rate 72.8 76.6 75.2 1.2 -1.4 3.8 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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