Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): Australia
The latest reading SOTW holds for Australia is 76.90% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.RT.Q · AUS
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 76.90
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 77.07
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 68.51
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 107
- Every reading SOTW holds
Australia · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 76.90 |
| 2026-Q2 | 77.07 |
| 2026-Q1 | 77.21 |
| 2025-Q4 | 77.08 |
| 2025-Q3 | 77.13 |
| 2025-Q2 | 77.25 |
| 2025-Q1 | 77.20 |
| 2024-Q4 | 77.28 |
| 2024-Q3 | 77.24 |
| 2024-Q2 | 76.82 |
| 2024-Q1 | 76.79 |
| 2023-Q4 | 77.12 |
| 2023-Q3 | 77.19 |
| 2023-Q2 | 77.27 |
| 2023-Q1 | 77.13 |
| 2022-Q4 | 77.20 |
| 2022-Q3 | 77.18 |
| 2022-Q2 | 76.82 |
| 2022-Q1 | 76.32 |
| 2021-Q4 | 74.94 |
| 2021-Q3 | 74.47 |
| 2021-Q2 | 74.79 |
| 2021-Q1 | 73.98 |
| 2020-Q4 | 73.16 |
| 2020-Q3 | 71.76 |
| 2020-Q2 | 70.19 |
| 2020-Q1 | 74.21 |
| 2019-Q4 | 74.13 |
| 2019-Q3 | 74.23 |
| 2019-Q2 | 73.99 |
| 2019-Q1 | 73.95 |
| 2018-Q4 | 73.73 |
| 2018-Q3 | 73.52 |
| 2018-Q2 | 73.30 |
| 2018-Q1 | 73.31 |
| 2017-Q4 | 73.22 |
| 2017-Q3 | 72.98 |
| 2017-Q2 | 72.59 |
| 2017-Q1 | 72.19 |
| 2016-Q4 | 72.15 |
| 2016-Q3 | 72.28 |
| 2016-Q2 | 72.41 |
| 2016-Q1 | 72.55 |
| 2015-Q4 | 72.51 |
| 2015-Q3 | 72.10 |
| 2015-Q2 | 72.02 |
| 2015-Q1 | 71.85 |
| 2014-Q4 | 71.47 |
| 2014-Q3 | 71.51 |
| 2014-Q2 | 71.52 |
| 2014-Q1 | 71.59 |
| 2013-Q4 | 71.63 |
| 2013-Q3 | 71.86 |
| 2013-Q2 | 72.08 |
| 2013-Q1 | 72.31 |
| 2012-Q4 | 72.23 |
| 2012-Q3 | 72.29 |
| 2012-Q2 | 72.39 |
| 2012-Q1 | 72.45 |
| 2011-Q4 | 72.44 |
| 2011-Q3 | 72.62 |
| 2011-Q2 | 72.65 |
| 2011-Q1 | 72.90 |
| 2010-Q4 | 72.83 |
| 2010-Q3 | 72.45 |
| 2010-Q2 | 72.06 |
| 2010-Q1 | 72.12 |
| 2009-Q4 | 71.91 |
| 2009-Q3 | 71.73 |
| 2009-Q2 | 72.04 |
| 2009-Q1 | 72.47 |
| 2008-Q4 | 73.00 |
| 2008-Q3 | 73.18 |
| 2008-Q2 | 73.30 |
| 2008-Q1 | 73.26 |
| 2007-Q4 | 73.05 |
| 2007-Q3 | 72.88 |
| 2007-Q2 | 72.77 |
| 2007-Q1 | 72.48 |
| 2006-Q4 | 72.42 |
| 2006-Q3 | 72.41 |
| 2006-Q2 | 71.97 |
| 2006-Q1 | 71.64 |
| 2005-Q4 | 71.60 |
| 2005-Q3 | 71.71 |
| 2005-Q2 | 71.57 |
| 2005-Q1 | 71.17 |
| 2004-Q4 | 70.79 |
| 2004-Q3 | 70.18 |
| 2004-Q2 | 70.18 |
| 2004-Q1 | 69.99 |
| 2003-Q4 | 70.07 |
| 2003-Q3 | 69.85 |
| 2003-Q2 | 69.85 |
| 2003-Q1 | 70.16 |
| 2002-Q4 | 69.77 |
| 2002-Q3 | 69.42 |
| 2002-Q2 | 69.08 |
| 2002-Q1 | 69.05 |
| 2001-Q4 | 68.97 |
| 2001-Q3 | 69.03 |
| 2001-Q2 | 69.14 |
| 2001-Q1 | 68.89 |
| 2000-Q4 | 69.05 |
| 2000-Q3 | 69.65 |
| 2000-Q2 | 69.11 |
| 2000-Q1 | 68.51 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.