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Participation Rate

The participation rate, released by Australian Statistician, is the percentage of the total number of people of labour-force age (15 years and over) that is in the labour force (either working or looking for a job).

Most recent - Thursday 14 August 2025 01:30

Previous
67%
Revised
67%
Forecast
67.1%
Actual
67%

Lower numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for xxx/AUD pairs and bearish for AUD/xxx pairs.

Trading range

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Participation Rate was 67% against a forecast of 67.1%.

Past events

Date
Forecast
Actual
Thursday 14 August 2025 01:30
67.1%
67%
Thursday 17 July 2025 01:30
67%
67.1%
Thursday 19 June 2025 01:30
67.1%
67%
Thursday 15 May 2025 01:30
66.8%
67.1%
Thursday 17 April 2025 01:30
67%
66.8%
Thursday 20 March 2025 00:30
67.3%
66.8%
Thursday 20 February 2025 00:30
67.1%
67.3%
Thursday 16 January 2025 00:30
67%
67.1%
Thursday 12 December 2024 00:30
67.1%
67%
Thursday 14 November 2024 00:30
67.2%
67.1%
Thursday 17 October 2024 00:30
67.1%
67.2%
Thursday 19 September 2024 01:30
67.1%
67.1%
Thursday 15 August 2024 01:30
66.9%
67.1%
Thursday 18 July 2024 01:30
66.8%
66.9%
Thursday 13 June 2024 01:30
66.7%
66.8%
Thursday 16 May 2024 01:30
66.6%
66.7%
Thursday 18 April 2024 01:30
-
66.6%
Thursday 21 March 2024 00:30
66.8%
66.7%
Thursday 15 February 2024 00:30
66.9%
66.8%
Thursday 18 January 2024 00:30
67.1%
66.8%
Thursday 14 December 2023 00:30
66.9%
67.2%
Thursday 16 November 2023 00:30
66.7%
67%
Thursday 19 October 2023 00:30
67%
66.7%
Thursday 14 September 2023 01:30
66.7%
67%
Thursday 17 August 2023 01:30
66.8%
66.7%
Thursday 20 July 2023 01:30
66.9%
66.8%
Thursday 15 June 2023 01:30
66.7%
66.9%
Thursday 18 May 2023 01:30
66.7%
66.7%
Thursday 13 April 2023 01:30
66.6%
66.7%
Thursday 16 March 2023 00:30
66.6%
66.6%
Thursday 16 February 2023 00:30
66.6%
66.5%
Thursday 19 January 2023 00:30
66.8%
66.6%
Thursday 15 December 2022 00:30
66.6%
66.8%
Thursday 17 November 2022 00:30
66.6%
66.5%
Thursday 20 October 2022 00:30
66.6%
66.6%
Thursday 15 September 2022 01:30
66.6%
66.6%

Economic context

Recent economic data has been strongly bullish for AUD. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Participation Rate result:

PreviousLatest
Private Capital ExpenditureBullish change-0.2%0.2%
Consumer Inflation ExpectationsBearish change4.7%3.9%
S&P Global Composite PMIBullish change53.854.9
S&P Global Manufacturing PMIBullish change51.352.9
S&P Global Services PMIBullish change54.155.1
Westpac Consumer ConfidenceBullish change0.6%5.7%

About Participation Rate

Country:Australia
Currency:AUD
Source:Australian Bureau of Statistics
Category:Labor Market
Frequency:Monthly
 
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