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
2023
June
2024
June
2025
Standard error1 June 2024 to June 2025 June 2023 to June 2024 June 2024 to June 2025 June 2023 to June 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 2,503.1 2,683.1 2,747.0 35.6 63.9 180.0 2.4 7.2
Labour force 1,471.0 1,491.0 1,525.1 36.9 34.1 20.0 2.3 1.4
Employment 1,295.3 1,255.4 1,259.7 35.3 4.3 -39.9 0.3 -3.1
Full-time employment 427.4 400.9 435.4 23.4 34.5 -26.5 8.6 -6.2
Part-time employment 867.9 854.4 824.3 29.0 -30.1 -13.5 -3.5 -1.6
Unemployment 175.7 235.6 265.4 15.3 29.8 59.9 12.6 34.1
Participation rate 58.8 55.6 55.5 1.0 -0.1 -3.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.9 15.8 17.4 0.9 1.6 3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 51.7 46.8 45.9 1.0 -0.9 -4.9 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 804.7 837.4 850.8 5.9 13.4 32.7 1.6 4.1
Labour force 300.5 268.7 256.5 14.6 -12.2 -31.8 -4.5 -10.6
Employment 236.8 202.9 185.2 13.2 -17.7 -33.9 -8.7 -14.3
Full-time employment 11.5 5.0 14.2 4.7 9.2 -6.5 184.0 -56.5
Part-time employment 225.3 197.8 171.0 12.8 -26.8 -27.5 -13.5 -12.2
Unemployment 63.6 65.9 71.3 8.4 5.4 2.3 8.2 3.6
Participation rate 37.3 32.1 30.1 1.7 -2.0 -5.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 21.2 24.5 27.8 2.4 3.3 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 29.4 24.2 21.8 1.6 -2.4 -5.2 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 896.0 929.5 967.3 17.9 37.8 33.5 4.1 3.7
Labour force 560.8 551.6 573.2 19.5 21.6 -9.2 3.9 -1.6
Employment 494.4 456.5 464.3 19.1 7.8 -37.9 1.7 -7.7
Full-time employment 123.9 113.2 121.9 12.4 8.7 -10.7 7.7 -8.6
Part-time employment 370.4 343.3 342.5 17.1 -0.8 -27.1 -0.2 -7.3
Unemployment 66.4 95.1 108.9 9.5 13.8 28.7 14.5 43.2
Participation rate 62.6 59.3 59.3 1.7 0.0 -3.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.8 17.2 19.0 1.5 1.8 5.4 ... ...
Employment rate 55.2 49.1 48.0 1.8 -1.1 -6.1 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 802.4 916.2 929.0 29.3 12.8 113.8 1.4 14.2
Labour force 609.8 670.7 695.4 26.1 24.7 60.9 3.7 10.0
Employment 564.1 596.1 610.2 25.0 14.1 32.0 2.4 5.7
Full-time employment 291.9 282.7 299.3 18.5 16.6 -9.2 5.9 -3.2
Part-time employment 272.2 313.3 310.9 18.7 -2.4 41.1 -0.8 15.1
Unemployment 45.7 74.6 85.2 8.8 10.6 28.9 14.2 63.2
Participation rate 76.0 73.2 74.9 1.7 1.7 -2.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 11.1 12.3 1.3 1.2 3.6 ... ...
Employment rate 70.3 65.1 65.7 1.8 0.6 -5.2 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 2,065.6 2,208.6 2,268.4 35.6 59.8 143.0 2.7 6.9
Labour force 1,739.9 1,827.4 1,900.7 35.2 73.3 87.5 4.0 5.0
Employment 1,556.7 1,613.9 1,675.6 34.4 61.7 57.2 3.8 3.7
Full-time employment 1,173.0 1,192.7 1,218.9 32.8 26.2 19.7 2.2 1.7
Part-time employment 383.7 421.2 456.7 21.4 35.5 37.5 8.4 9.8
Unemployment 183.2 213.5 225.2 15.3 11.7 30.3 5.5 16.5
Participation rate 84.2 82.7 83.8 0.9 1.1 -1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.5 11.7 11.8 0.8 0.2 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 75.4 73.1 73.9 1.0 0.8 -2.3 ... ...
...
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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