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The latest ABS Labour Force release for March, combined with our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend series, shows the Cairns labour market has continued the recovery that started late last year. Trend employment in Cairns rose to 145,730 people in March, up 1,980 (+1.4%) over the year, and the Trend unemployment …read more
The ABS is modernising its Labour Force Survey from the April 2026 reference period. Over the next five months (April through August), headline releases will be pushed back by one week, and six regular tables will be paused. Normal service resumes with the September reference month release in October 2026. …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth in Cairns continued in July with another 300 added. The region has seen an additional 2,300 people employed in the past year. Participation remains high in the region and is up again in July after June was revised a little lower. Employment growth …read more
If you would rather listen to an AI-generated podcast about this analysis you can! Listen here. Introduction The success of Northern Australia’s development hinges on effectively harnessing its human capital. Our research reveals a critical, and often underestimated, factor in this equation: the dramatic increase in female labour force participation …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth in Cairns continued in March. The region has seen an additional 3,800 people employed in the past year. While over the course of the last 12 months we see employment up we should note that there are also fewer people registered as unemployed. …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth in Cairns continues this month with another 200 added. The region has now seen an additional 4,800 people employed in the past year. Again, this month we see the increase all coming from full-time positions. While over the course of the last 12 …read more
The extended run of positive employment growth continues for Cairns this month with another 400 added. The region has now seen an additional 5,200 people employed in the past year and this month (once again) we see the increase all coming from full-time positions. While over the course of the …read more
This is the fifth month for which we are using the new Enhanced Regional Labour Force data from the ABS, which is backdated to 2020 (for employment) and 2016 (for unemployment). This is now providing a more robust and less volatile data-set which we can utilise to estimate our Conus/CBC …read more
Over the past couple of days there has been some discussion regarding the ‘true’ picture when it comes to employment in Townsville. The discussion started on LinkedIn and has subsequently made it into the pages of the Townsville Bulletin (see story here). The essence is that over the course of …read more
A New Era of Data Welcome to our July update on the Cairns labor market. We’re now four months into using the ABS’s Enhanced Regional Labour Force data, and it’s proving to be a game-changer. This more robust dataset is giving us clearer insights into employment trends, helping us paint …read more
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