Labour Market Data Administrative Boundaries

The Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business publishes a range of labour market data on its Labour Market Information Portal website (lmip.gov.au).

The link below provides data for the boundaries used by the Department in its administration of jobactive. These boundaries are known as Employment Regions. The data provided includes:

• jobactive caseload data (Australian Government Department of Employment administrative data);
• Centrelink administrative data - Australian Government Department of Employment extract;
• Unemployment rates (Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey data and Australian Government Department of Employment estimates, derived from Small Area Labour Markets estimates);
• Employment by industry and occupation (Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey data and Census of Population and Housing data);
• Population by age group data (Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey data and Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Resident Population).