Labour Force by Age Group
Monthly labour-force participation, employment, and unemployment by age band (15-19, 20-24, 25-34, ..., 65+) × sex × state.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics · Licensed CC-BY 4.0 · dataset id abs.LF_AGE
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?format=csvfor CSV?limit=1000to fetch more than the default page?start=/?end=to window a time-series dataset by period
Full description
Monthly labour-force participation, employment, and unemployment by age band (15-19, 20-24, 25-34, ..., 65+) × sex × state. Use this for youth-unemployment-by-state analysis, age-cohort participation trends, and demographic-cut workforce projections. Source: ABS Catalogue 6202.0 (Labour Force, Detailed - Table 1). The headline LF dataset publishes age=Total only - this dataset adds the age cut customers want for distributional / cohort analysis. Customer query examples: - "Youth unemployment rate in QLD" → `latest('LF_AGE', filters={'measure': 'unemployment_rate', 'age': '15_24', 'region': 'qld', 'sex': 'persons'})` - "55+ participation rate trend (national)" → `get_data('LF_AGE', filters={'measure': 'participation_rate', 'age': '55_64', 'region': 'australia', 'sex': 'persons'})`
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