Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 15-Apr-26

In March 2026, Australian ‘real’ unemployment fell 28,000 to 1,693,000 (10.5% of the workforce, down 0.1%), and under-employment dropped 205,000 to 1,687,000 (down 1.2% to 10.4%). In total, 3.38 million Australians (20.9% of the workforce) were either unemployed or under-employed in March. Roy Morgan estimates the overall workforce size (which adds together the employed and unemployed) at just under 16.2 million in March (16,185,000 to be exact, down 78,000 on a month ago and representing 69.4% of Australians aged 14+). Employment was down 50,000 to 14,492,000; this drop was due to a sharp fall in part-time employment (down 120,000 to 5,122,000), while full-time employment rose 70,000 to a new record high of 9,370,000. Overall employment represents 62.1% of Australians aged 14+. The March Roy Morgan Unemployment estimates were obtained by surveying an Australia-wide cross section of people aged 14+.

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