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
  July
2021
July
2022
July
2023
Standard error1 July 2022 to July 2023 July 2021 to July 2022 July 2022 to July 2023 July 2021 to July 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 2,471.4 2,490.6 2,588.7 35.4 98.1 19.2 3.9 0.8
Labour force 1,610.4 1,660.3 1,714.3 37.4 54.0 49.9 3.3 3.1
Employment 1,373.5 1,474.8 1,503.7 36.0 28.9 101.3 2.0 7.4
Full-time employment 619.8 694.9 665.9 24.1 -29.0 75.1 -4.2 12.1
Part-time employment 753.7 779.9 837.8 29.4 57.9 26.2 7.4 3.5
Unemployment 236.9 185.5 210.6 15.5 25.1 -51.4 13.5 -21.7
Participation rate 65.2 66.7 66.2 1.1 -0.5 1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.7 11.2 12.3 1.0 1.1 -3.5 ... ...
Employment rate 55.6 59.2 58.1 1.1 -1.1 3.6 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 769.9 776.2 805.6 5.6 29.4 6.3 3.8 0.8
Labour force 342.6 365.9 389.2 14.6 23.3 23.3 6.4 6.8
Employment 263.1 292.6 301.5 13.8 8.9 29.5 3.0 11.2
Full-time employment 71.1 82.2 66.7 5.4 -15.5 11.1 -18.9 15.6
Part-time employment 192.0 210.4 234.8 13.3 24.4 18.4 11.6 9.6
Unemployment 79.4 73.3 87.7 7.7 14.4 -6.1 19.6 -7.7
Participation rate 44.5 47.1 48.3 1.9 1.2 2.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 23.2 20.0 22.5 2.3 2.5 -3.2 ... ...
Employment rate 34.2 37.7 37.4 1.8 -0.3 3.5 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 896.2 905.1 913.4 17.3 8.3 8.9 0.9 1.0
Labour force 661.3 657.0 655.7 19.0 -1.3 -4.3 -0.2 -0.7
Employment 581.9 587.2 578.5 19.0 -8.7 5.3 -1.5 0.9
Full-time employment 247.0 238.7 238.2 12.3 -0.5 -8.3 -0.2 -3.4
Part-time employment 334.9 348.5 340.4 17.5 -8.1 13.6 -2.3 4.1
Unemployment 79.4 69.9 77.2 9.0 7.3 -9.5 10.4 -12.0
Participation rate 73.8 72.6 71.8 1.7 -0.8 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 10.6 11.8 1.5 1.2 -1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 64.9 64.9 63.3 1.8 -1.6 0.0 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 805.2 809.3 869.7 29.4 60.4 4.1 7.5 0.5
Labour force 606.6 637.3 669.4 26.7 32.1 30.7 5.0 5.1
Employment 528.5 595.0 623.6 25.6 28.6 66.5 4.8 12.6
Full-time employment 301.7 374.0 361.0 19.5 -13.0 72.3 -3.5 24.0
Part-time employment 226.8 221.0 262.6 19.2 41.6 -5.8 18.8 -2.6
Unemployment 78.1 42.3 45.7 9.6 3.4 -35.8 8.0 -45.8
Participation rate 75.3 78.7 77.0 1.9 -1.7 3.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.9 6.6 6.8 1.5 0.2 -6.3 ... ...
Employment rate 65.6 73.5 71.7 2.0 -1.8 7.9 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 1,977.2 1,982.6 2,047.3 35.4 64.7 5.4 3.3 0.3
Labour force 1,695.0 1,663.7 1,741.8 34.4 78.1 -31.3 4.7 -1.8
Employment 1,510.2 1,516.0 1,556.0 33.6 40.0 5.8 2.6 0.4
Full-time employment 1,139.0 1,189.9 1,216.8 32.3 26.9 50.9 2.3 4.5
Part-time employment 371.2 326.2 339.1 21.1 12.9 -45.0 4.0 -12.1
Unemployment 184.9 147.6 185.8 14.6 38.2 -37.3 25.9 -20.2
Participation rate 85.7 83.9 85.1 0.9 1.2 -1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.9 8.9 10.7 0.8 1.8 -2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 76.4 76.5 76.0 1.1 -0.5 0.1 ... ...
...
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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