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
2022
June
2023
June
2024
Standard error1 June 2023 to June 2024 June 2022 to June 2023 June 2023 to June 2024 June 2022 to June 2023
  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 2,490.7 2,522.1 2,714.5 34.3 192.4 31.4 7.6 1.3
Labour force 1,491.8 1,484.0 1,511.1 37.1 27.1 -7.8 1.8 -0.5
Employment 1,338.0 1,303.9 1,270.8 35.9 -33.1 -34.1 -2.5 -2.5
Full-time employment 482.9 431.7 406.7 24.1 -25.0 -51.2 -5.8 -10.6
Part-time employment 855.2 872.2 864.1 28.6 -8.1 17.0 -0.9 2.0
Unemployment 153.8 180.2 240.4 14.2 60.2 26.4 33.4 17.2
Participation rate 59.9 58.8 55.7 1.1 -3.1 -1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.3 12.1 15.9 0.9 3.8 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 53.7 51.7 46.8 1.1 -4.9 -2.0 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 771.2 797.1 828.5 5.9 31.4 25.9 3.9 3.4
Labour force 277.3 295.9 265.6 14.5 -30.3 18.6 -10.2 6.7
Employment 234.8 232.3 199.9 13.8 -32.4 -2.5 -13.9 -1.1
Full-time employment 9.2 11.1 5.0 5.2 -6.1 1.9 -55.0 20.7
Part-time employment 225.5 221.2 194.9 13.1 -26.3 -4.3 -11.9 -1.9
Unemployment 42.5 63.6 65.7 7.4 2.1 21.1 3.3 49.6
Participation rate 36.0 37.1 32.1 1.8 -5.0 1.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 15.3 21.5 24.7 2.2 3.2 6.2 ... ...
Employment rate 30.4 29.1 24.1 1.7 -5.0 -1.3 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 880.9 908.7 953.3 17.0 44.6 27.8 4.9 3.2
Labour force 549.0 567.1 565.0 19.1 -2.1 18.1 -0.4 3.3
Employment 493.1 497.6 466.9 18.7 -30.7 4.5 -6.2 0.9
Full-time employment 134.8 124.6 115.8 12.4 -8.8 -10.2 -7.1 -7.6
Part-time employment 358.3 373.0 351.1 17.0 -21.9 14.7 -5.9 4.1
Unemployment 55.8 69.5 98.1 8.3 28.6 13.7 41.2 24.6
Participation rate 62.3 62.4 59.3 1.7 -3.1 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.2 12.3 17.4 1.4 5.1 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 56.0 54.8 49.0 1.7 -5.8 -1.2 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 838.6 816.2 932.7 28.7 116.5 -22.4 14.3 -2.7
Labour force 665.6 621.0 680.6 26.1 59.6 -44.6 9.6 -6.7
Employment 610.2 573.9 604.0 25.3 30.1 -36.3 5.2 -5.9
Full-time employment 338.8 295.9 285.9 19.3 -10.0 -42.9 -3.4 -12.7
Part-time employment 271.3 278.0 318.0 18.5 40.0 6.7 14.4 2.5
Unemployment 55.4 47.1 76.6 8.4 29.5 -8.3 62.6 -15.0
Participation rate 79.4 76.1 73.0 1.7 -3.1 -3.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 7.6 11.3 1.3 3.7 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 72.8 70.3 64.8 1.9 -5.5 -2.5 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 1,979.0 2,092.4 2,235.7 34.3 143.3 113.4 6.8 5.7
Labour force 1,656.8 1,762.7 1,848.8 33.8 86.1 105.9 4.9 6.4
Employment 1,515.1 1,573.3 1,631.4 33.1 58.1 58.2 3.7 3.8
Full-time employment 1,153.8 1,185.5 1,204.9 31.3 19.4 31.7 1.6 2.7
Part-time employment 361.3 387.8 426.6 20.4 38.8 26.5 10.0 7.3
Unemployment 141.7 189.3 217.4 14.0 28.1 47.6 14.8 33.6
Participation rate 83.7 84.2 82.7 0.9 -1.5 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 10.7 11.8 0.8 1.0 2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 76.6 75.2 73.0 1.0 -2.2 -1.4 ... ...
...
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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