ABS: 6239.0 - Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia, July 2010 to June 2011
Date published :
6
December
2011
Australians want more
work
1.7 million Australians over the
age of 18 years wanted to contribute more to the labour force but
could not for a variety of reasons, according to the Australian
Bureau of Statistics (ABS). At June 2011, the majority (1.4
million) of these people were not employed but wanted a job.
273,500 Australians usually worked fewer than 16 hours a week and
wanted to work more hours. Just over a third of people (633,800)
who wanted more work were looking for a job or a job with more
hours. The other people were either not available (305,600) or
available but not actively looking for a job or more hours
(776,500).
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