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
2023
July
2024
July
2025
Standard error1 July 2024 to July 2025 July 2023 to July 2024 July 2024 to July 2025 July 2023 to July 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 2,569.2 2,742.0 2,819.2 35.8 77.2 172.8 2.8 6.7
Labour force 1,700.9 1,701.5 1,730.9 37.8 29.4 0.6 1.7 0.0
Employment 1,492.4 1,411.1 1,428.4 35.8 17.3 -81.3 1.2 -5.4
Full-time employment 660.4 623.9 635.9 23.7 12.0 -36.5 1.9 -5.5
Part-time employment 832.0 787.2 792.6 29.0 5.4 -44.8 0.7 -5.4
Unemployment 208.6 290.4 302.5 15.8 12.1 81.8 4.2 39.2
Participation rate 66.2 62.1 61.4 1.0 -0.7 -4.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.3 17.1 17.5 1.0 0.4 4.8 ... ...
Employment rate 58.1 51.5 50.7 1.0 -0.8 -6.6 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 813.9 842.4 859.7 6.0 17.3 28.5 2.1 3.5
Labour force 394.1 353.9 344.7 13.9 -9.2 -40.2 -2.6 -10.2
Employment 305.9 242.8 236.6 12.6 -6.2 -63.1 -2.6 -20.6
Full-time employment 67.9 59.7 55.2 4.8 -4.5 -8.2 -7.5 -12.1
Part-time employment 238.0 183.1 181.3 12.1 -1.8 -54.9 -1.0 -23.1
Unemployment 88.2 111.0 108.1 8.4 -2.9 22.8 -2.6 25.9
Participation rate 48.4 42.0 40.1 1.6 -1.9 -6.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 22.4 31.4 31.4 2.4 0.0 9.0 ... ...
Employment rate 37.6 28.8 27.5 1.5 -1.3 -8.8 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 899.7 971.0 997.4 17.5 26.4 71.3 2.7 7.9
Labour force 647.4 643.9 660.0 19.6 16.1 -3.5 2.5 -0.5
Employment 571.6 531.9 541.1 19.1 9.2 -39.7 1.7 -6.9
Full-time employment 235.9 214.4 210.3 12.5 -4.1 -21.5 -1.9 -9.1
Part-time employment 335.7 317.5 330.7 16.7 13.2 -18.2 4.2 -5.4
Unemployment 75.8 111.9 118.9 9.8 7.0 36.1 6.3 47.6
Participation rate 72.0 66.3 66.2 1.7 -0.1 -5.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.7 17.4 18.0 1.6 0.6 5.7 ... ...
Employment rate 63.5 54.8 54.3 1.7 -0.5 -8.7 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 855.7 928.7 962.1 29.7 33.4 73.0 3.6 8.5
Labour force 659.4 703.7 726.2 26.9 22.5 44.3 3.2 6.7
Employment 614.8 636.3 650.8 25.7 14.5 21.5 2.3 3.5
Full-time employment 356.5 349.8 370.3 18.7 20.5 -6.7 5.9 -1.9
Part-time employment 258.3 286.5 280.5 19.5 -6.0 28.2 -2.1 10.9
Unemployment 44.6 67.4 75.5 9.2 8.1 22.8 12.0 51.1
Participation rate 77.1 75.8 75.5 1.7 -0.3 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 9.6 10.4 1.3 0.8 2.8 ... ...
Employment rate 71.8 68.5 67.6 1.8 -0.9 -3.3 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 2,021.5 2,178.6 2,197.8 35.7 19.2 157.1 0.9 7.8
Labour force 1,719.2 1,833.5 1,854.0 35.2 20.5 114.3 1.1 6.6
Employment 1,536.2 1,616.3 1,616.7 34.9 0.4 80.1 0.0 5.2
Full-time employment 1,202.6 1,245.8 1,192.5 32.5 -53.3 43.2 -4.3 3.6
Part-time employment 333.6 370.5 424.2 21.6 53.7 36.9 14.5 11.1
Unemployment 182.9 217.2 237.3 15.9 20.1 34.3 9.3 18.8
Participation rate 85.0 84.2 84.4 0.9 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.6 11.8 12.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 76.0 74.2 73.6 1.0 -0.6 -1.8 ... ...
...
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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