% of labour force - Source frequency: monthly
The percentage of employed people who want and are available for more hours of work than they currently have. Captures hidden labour market slack that the unemployment rate misses.
A distinctly Australian problem — many workers are technically employed but cannot get enough hours. Combined with unemployment, it gives the true picture of labour underutilisation.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey (Cat. 6202.0)
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Labour Force Survey (Cat. 6202.0)), updated monthly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
