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
  May
2023
May
2024
May
2025
Standard error1 May 2024 to May 2025 May 2023 to May 2024 May 2024 to May 2025 May 2023 to May 2024
  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 2,462.0 2,637.9 2,713.8 35.6 75.9 175.9 2.9 7.1
Labour force 1,360.4 1,411.3 1,427.7 36.9 16.4 50.9 1.2 3.7
Employment 1,159.4 1,172.3 1,141.3 35.3 -31.0 12.9 -2.6 1.1
Full-time employment 256.8 270.7 265.9 23.4 -4.8 13.9 -1.8 5.4
Part-time employment 902.7 901.6 875.4 29.0 -26.2 -1.1 -2.9 -0.1
Unemployment 200.9 239.0 286.4 15.3 47.4 38.1 19.8 19.0
Participation rate 55.3 53.5 52.6 1.0 -0.9 -1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.8 16.9 20.1 0.9 3.2 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 47.1 44.4 42.1 1.0 -2.3 -2.7 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 806.8 837.5 846.4 5.9 8.9 30.7 1.1 3.8
Labour force 293.7 259.7 249.2 14.6 -10.5 -34.0 -4.0 -11.6
Employment 227.4 200.4 171.7 13.2 -28.7 -27.0 -14.3 -11.9
Full-time employment 4.5 2.3 2.3 4.7 0.0 -2.2 0.0 -48.9
Part-time employment 222.9 198.1 169.4 12.8 -28.7 -24.8 -14.5 -11.1
Unemployment 66.3 59.2 77.5 8.4 18.3 -7.1 30.9 -10.7
Participation rate 36.4 31.0 29.4 1.7 -1.6 -5.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 22.6 22.8 31.1 2.4 8.3 0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 28.2 23.9 20.3 1.6 -3.6 -4.3 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 899.4 927.3 964.6 17.9 37.3 27.9 4.0 3.1
Labour force 522.6 539.8 543.2 19.5 3.4 17.2 0.6 3.3
Employment 449.7 438.2 434.1 19.1 -4.1 -11.5 -0.9 -2.6
Full-time employment 61.7 68.0 71.2 12.4 3.2 6.3 4.7 10.2
Part-time employment 388.0 370.2 362.9 17.1 -7.3 -17.8 -2.0 -4.6
Unemployment 72.9 101.7 109.1 9.5 7.4 28.8 7.3 39.5
Participation rate 58.1 58.2 56.3 1.7 -1.9 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.9 18.8 20.1 1.5 1.3 4.9 ... ...
Employment rate 50.0 47.3 45.0 1.8 -2.3 -2.7 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 755.8 873.1 902.7 29.3 29.6 117.3 3.4 15.5
Labour force 544.1 611.8 635.3 26.1 23.5 67.7 3.8 12.4
Employment 482.4 533.7 535.5 25.0 1.8 51.3 0.3 10.6
Full-time employment 190.7 200.4 192.4 18.5 -8.0 9.7 -4.0 5.1
Part-time employment 291.7 333.3 343.1 18.7 9.8 41.6 2.9 14.3
Unemployment 61.8 78.1 99.8 8.8 21.7 16.3 27.8 26.4
Participation rate 72.0 70.1 70.4 1.7 0.3 -1.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.4 12.8 15.7 1.3 2.9 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 63.8 61.1 59.3 1.8 -1.8 -2.7 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 2,087.7 2,225.8 2,301.1 35.6 75.3 138.1 3.4 6.6
Labour force 1,735.0 1,820.6 1,898.8 35.2 78.2 85.6 4.3 4.9
Employment 1,572.9 1,610.0 1,666.7 34.4 56.7 37.1 3.5 2.4
Full-time employment 1,156.6 1,156.6 1,182.2 32.8 25.6 0.0 2.2 0.0
Part-time employment 416.3 453.4 484.6 21.4 31.2 37.1 6.9 8.9
Unemployment 162.1 210.6 232.2 15.3 21.6 48.5 10.3 29.9
Participation rate 83.1 81.8 82.5 0.9 0.7 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 11.6 12.2 0.8 0.7 2.2 ... ...
Employment rate 75.3 72.3 72.4 1.0 0.1 -3.0 ... ...
...
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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