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
  August
2023
August
2024
August
2025
Standard error1 August 2024 to August 2025 August 2023 to August 2024 August 2024 to August 2025 August 2023 to August 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 2,603.0 2,817.2 2,863.2 35.8 46.0 214.2 1.6 8.2
Labour force 1,623.9 1,651.6 1,698.5 37.8 46.9 27.7 2.8 1.7
Employment 1,427.9 1,381.9 1,412.2 35.8 30.3 -46.0 2.2 -3.2
Full-time employment 622.2 569.1 638.0 23.7 68.9 -53.1 12.1 -8.5
Part-time employment 805.7 812.8 774.1 29.0 -38.7 7.1 -4.8 0.9
Unemployment 196.0 269.7 286.4 15.8 16.7 73.7 6.2 37.6
Participation rate 62.4 58.6 59.3 1.0 0.7 -3.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.1 16.3 16.9 1.0 0.6 4.2 ... ...
Employment rate 54.9 49.1 49.3 1.0 0.2 -5.8 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years2                
Population 821.6 849.7 860.6 6.0 10.9 28.1 1.3 3.4
Labour force 358.1 354.8 319.0 13.9 -35.8 -3.3 -10.1 -0.9
Employment 281.9 255.0 229.4 12.6 -25.6 -26.9 -10.0 -9.5
Full-time employment 68.1 64.4 61.8 4.8 -2.6 -3.7 -4.0 -5.4
Part-time employment 213.8 190.6 167.7 12.1 -22.9 -23.2 -12.0 -10.9
Unemployment 76.2 99.8 89.6 8.4 -10.2 23.6 -10.2 31.0
Participation rate 43.6 41.8 37.1 1.6 -4.7 -1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 21.3 28.1 28.1 2.4 0.0 6.8 ... ...
Employment rate 34.3 30.0 26.7 1.5 -3.3 -4.3 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years2                
Population 926.9 988.6 1,007.2 17.5 18.6 61.7 1.9 6.7
Labour force 634.4 618.1 659.6 19.6 41.5 -16.3 6.7 -2.6
Employment 559.9 516.1 544.8 19.1 28.7 -43.8 5.6 -7.8
Full-time employment 225.8 191.0 223.3 12.5 32.3 -34.8 16.9 -15.4
Part-time employment 334.1 325.0 321.5 16.7 -3.5 -9.1 -1.1 -2.7
Unemployment 74.5 102.1 114.8 9.8 12.7 27.6 12.4 37.0
Participation rate 68.4 62.5 65.5 1.7 3.0 -5.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.7 16.5 17.4 1.6 0.9 4.8 ... ...
Employment rate 60.4 52.2 54.1 1.7 1.9 -8.2 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years2                
Population 854.4 978.9 995.4 29.7 16.5 124.5 1.7 14.6
Labour force 631.4 678.7 719.9 26.9 41.2 47.3 6.1 7.5
Employment 586.2 610.8 637.9 25.7 27.1 24.6 4.4 4.2
Full-time employment 328.3 313.7 353.0 18.7 39.3 -14.6 12.5 -4.4
Part-time employment 257.9 297.1 284.9 19.5 -12.2 39.2 -4.1 15.2
Unemployment 45.3 67.9 82.0 9.2 14.1 22.6 20.8 49.9
Participation rate 73.9 69.3 72.3 1.7 3.0 -4.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 10.0 11.4 1.3 1.4 2.8 ... ...
Employment rate 68.6 62.4 64.1 1.8 1.7 -6.2 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 243                
Population 2,013.3 2,129.9 2,154.3 35.7 24.4 116.6 1.1 5.8
Labour force 1,719.4 1,817.0 1,819.2 35.2 2.2 97.6 0.1 5.7
Employment 1,545.6 1,589.6 1,589.3 34.9 -0.3 44.0 -0.0 2.8
Full-time employment 1,227.2 1,212.9 1,176.9 32.5 -36.0 -14.3 -3.0 -1.2
Part-time employment 318.5 376.7 412.5 21.6 35.8 58.2 9.5 18.3
Unemployment 173.8 227.4 229.9 15.9 2.5 53.6 1.1 30.8
Participation rate 85.4 85.3 84.4 0.9 -0.9 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.1 12.5 12.6 0.8 0.1 2.4 ... ...
Employment rate 76.8 74.6 73.8 1.0 -0.9 -2.1 ... ...
...
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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