Job Vacancies, Australia, August 2021


	Aug-21	Quarterly change	Annual change
	'000	%	%
Private sector	302.4	-10.9	64.3
Public sector	31.3	2.3	41.1
Private and public sectors	333.7	-9.8	61.8

Survey impacts

Continuing the use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in August

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Job vacancies decreased by 9.8% (36,200 vacancies) in the three months to August 2021 (seasonally adjusted). The August vacancies reflect a point in time where many businesses were subject to restrictions, with a number of states in lockdown.

However, the level of job vacancies remained higher than they were six months ago, and were still 46.5% higher than in February 2020, prior to the start of the pandemic. The ongoing high level of vacancies reflects the pace of recovery in labour demand from the fall in May 2020, as well as a number of industries indicating labour shortages, particularly for lower paid jobs.

	Job vacancies ('000)
Aug-79	41.9
Nov-79	38.4
Feb-80	40.6
May-80	36.7
Aug-80	37.5
Nov-80	38.7
Feb-81	37.4
May-81	44
Aug-81	44.5
Nov-81	41.7
Feb-82	37.3
May-82	30.3
Aug-82	26.8
Nov-82	30.3
Feb-83	29.7
May-83	32.4
Aug-83	33.6
Nov-83	36.3
Feb-84	44.6
May-84	40.3
Aug-84	48.5
Nov-84	49.8
Feb-85	60.4
May-85	68.6
Aug-85	67.2
Nov-85	66.2
Feb-86	64.8
May-86	66.1
Aug-86	61.1
Nov-86	66.3
Feb-87	69.5
May-87	66.9
Aug-87	70.1
Nov-87	66.9
Feb-88	70.2
May-88	74.4
Aug-88	80.8
Nov-88	85.1
Feb-89	84.7
May-89	93.7
Aug-89	76.6
Nov-89	79.2
Feb-90	71.9
May-90	64
Aug-90	56.7
Nov-90	41.6
Feb-91	33.8
May-91	31.6
Aug-91	29.8
Nov-91	30.9
Feb-92	33.3
May-92	31.9
Aug-92	33
Nov-92	36.9
Feb-93	37
May-93	42
Aug-93	46.2
Nov-93	48.5
Feb-94	57.6
May-94	69.5
Aug-94	82.2
Nov-94	85.6
Feb-95	72.7
May-95	77.3
Aug-95	74.6
Nov-95	72.5
Feb-96	81
May-96	76.7
Aug-96	77.5
Nov-96	82.5
Feb-97	81.3
May-97	82.8
Aug-97	84.9
Nov-97	90.4
Feb-98	98.3
May-98	104
Aug-98	89.8
Nov-98	102
Feb-99	87.2
May-99	100.2
Aug-99	106.9
Nov-99	109.6
Feb-00	118.1
May-00	115.9
Aug-00	114.4
Nov-00	114.8
Feb-01	99.7
May-01	94
Aug-01	90.2
Nov-01	88.5
Feb-02	90.5
May-02	96.2
Aug-02	103
Nov-02	97.6
Feb-03	109.7
May-03	104.6
Aug-03	104.1
Nov-03	107.5
Feb-04	103.8
May-04	127.1
Aug-04	124.6
Nov-04	139.2
Feb-05	146.2
May-05	140.9
Aug-05	139
Nov-05	134.1
Feb-06	144.3
May-06	154.1
Aug-06	154.9
Nov-06	162.1
Feb-07	160.8
May-07	168.6
Aug-07	173.3
Nov-07	183.3
Feb-08	178.2
May-08	184.5
Aug-08
Nov-08
Feb-09
May-09
Aug-09
Nov-09	148.9
Feb-10	168.4
May-10	170.3
Aug-10	178.6
Nov-10	191.1
Feb-11	189.4
May-11	187.3
Aug-11	183.4
Nov-11	179.3
Feb-12	181.8
May-12	178.1
Aug-12	175.3
Nov-12	164.8
Feb-13	149.8
May-13	143.5
Aug-13	140.6
Nov-13	138.9
Feb-14	143.2
May-14	147.4
Aug-14	146.6
Nov-14	149.7
Feb-15	151.9
May-15	157.7
Aug-15	161.7
Nov-15	167.4
Feb-16	172.2
May-16	171.1
Aug-16	177.4
Nov-16	182.3
Feb-17	185.1
May-17	185.7
Aug-17	200.9
Nov-17	204.4
Feb-18	212.9
May-18	223.8
Aug-18	228.6
Nov-18	230.1
Feb-19	232.6
May-19	228
Aug-19	224.2
Nov-19	226.5
Feb-20	227.8
May-20	129.2
Aug-20	206.2
Nov-20	253.6
Feb-21	288.9
May-21	369.9
Aug-21	333.7

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The Job Vacancy Survey was suspended between August 2008 to August 2009 (inclusive).

Businesses reporting vacancies

The number of businesses reporting at least one vacancy also shows the extent of the acute reduction in labour demand in May 2020, as well as the subsequent change. In May 2020, a much lower proportion of businesses reported at least one vacancy (6.5%). By May 2021, this had increased to 22.0% of businesses. For August 2021, this number declined to 20.3% but remained higher than February 2020 (11.0%), which was prior to the impact of COVID-19.

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, Australia
	Feb-20 (%)	May-20 (%)	Aug-20 (%)	Nov-20 (%)	Feb-21 (%)	May-21 (%)	Aug-21 (%)
Australia	11.0	6.5	12.1	14.7	18.1	22.0	20.3

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, Australia

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Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, states and territories
	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21
New South Wales	12.1%	5.8%	11.6%	15.1%	19.6%	22.9%	19.4%
Victoria	11.2%	6.0%	11.5%	15.5%	18.0%	22.0%	18.8%
Queensland	10.4%	10.5%	13.7%	12.9%	17.4%	22.6%	26.9%
South Australia	8.1%	2.9%	8.8%	9.1%	15.7%	15.6%	13.1%
Western Australia	10.2%	5.5%	15.6%	16.7%	16.3%	21.7%	21.5%
Tasmania	8.3%	4.5%	10.7%	14.2%	17.8%	21.8%	15.1%
Northern Territory	9.2%	6.7%	20.7%	21.0%	21.8%	26.5%	20.8%
Australian Capital Territory	9.4%	3.5%	4.7%	17.3%	12.1%	13.8%	9.4%
Australia	11.0%	6.5%	12.1%	14.7%	18.1%	22.0%	20.3%

Proportion of businesses reporting vacancies, industry
	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21
Mining	20.9%	8.3%	16.1%	16.3%	21.1%	11.0%	18.1%
Manufacturing	8.0%	4.4%	14.0%	14.6%	15.3%	15.1%	22.9%
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	10.2%	11.8%	21.9%	18.5%	13.9%	12.8%	9.9%
Construction	13.6%	4.6%	12.0%	13.0%	22.8%	26.9%	23.3%
Wholesale trade	14.6%	14.1%	14.0%	17.8%	15.2%	23.6%	22.3%
Retail trade	13.3%	9.7%	9.9%	17.8%	16.4%	21.6%	21.4%
Accommodation and food services	14.5%	2.3%	13.9%	16.9%	30.5%	30.5%	18.3%
Transport, postal and warehousing	5.3%	4.1%	10.7%	4.3%	20.2%	22.0%	15.7%
Information media and telecommunications	14.0%	7.0%	5.2%	14.0%	18.3%	20.0%	15.9%
Financial and insurance services	4.5%	5.0%	6.6%	15.7%	16.9%	20.5%	10.3%
Rental, hiring and real estate services	6.9%	4.1%	11.8%	12.8%	11.1%	16.9%	19.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services	9.4%	9.2%	14.8%	14.2%	14.5%	16.4%	15.4%
Administrative and support services	16.5%	7.8%	16.2%	18.9%	17.1%	23.6%	29.8%
Public administration and safety	31.3%	22.6%	27.9%	35.4%	30.0%	42.2%	29.8%
Education and training	7.5%	4.0%	10.8%	5.2%	8.6%	11.5%	9.7%
Health care and social assistance	8.2%	6.5%	8.9%	13.6%	13.4%	23.3%	21.2%
Arts and recreation services	3.4%	0.5%	2.1%	21.0%	3.1%	14.0%	9.3%
Other services	10.6%	5.6%	11.1%	16.7%	21.1%	22.8%	28.1%
All industries	11.0%	6.5%	12.1%	14.7%	18.1%	22.0%	20.3%

Reasons for vacancies
	Feb-20	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21
Replacement/resignations	78.6%	72.9%	75.3%	75.1%	76.2%	76.0%	75.1%
Increased workload	35.9%	32.0%	36.7%	41.3%	44.5%	45.4%	42.3%
Expansion of business	25.4%	15.7%	19.9%	21.2%	25.4%	26.8%	25.3%
Restructure	16.6%	14.1%	14.6%	16.8%	14.0%	14.3%	15.7%
Relocation	0.8%	0.7%	1.0%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%
Seasonal	10.7%	9.0%	11.7%	16.4%	10.1%	10.0%	11.4%
Special event	1.5%	2.7%	3.0%	2.3%	2.1%	2.1%	2.5%
Takeover	1.1%	0.7%	1.5%	1.0%	1.0%	1.4%	1.4%
Other	6.5%	11.6%	11.9%	10.9%	8.8%	10.3%	11.8%

Businesses may have multiple reasons for reporting job vacancies
Proportions are of businesses that reported at least one vacancy

States and territories

Job vacancies, states and territories, original
	May-20 ('000)	Aug-20 ('000)	Nov-20 ('000)	Feb-21 ('000)	May-21 ('000)	Aug-21 ('000)
NSW	39.8	62.2	82.7	94	112.8	95.2
Vic	28.7	45.8	58.4	65.6	87.6	81.3
Qld	25.2	42.1	47.9	53.5	67.2	70.6
SA	6.8	12.5	15.6	19.3	21.3	18
WA	16.8	32.2	37.4	40	46.2	52.1
Tas	1.9	3.4	5.1	5.7	6.5	5.8
NT	1.7	4.2	4.2	4.8	5	6.1
ACT	3.6	5.6	7.9	8.2	8.8	8

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Change in job vacancies, states and territories
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Change from previous quarter
May-20	-49.9	-51.9	-34.3	-41.6	-39.1	-45.7	-39.7	-46.2	-45.8	-43.3
Aug-20	56.4	59.5	67.0	83.2	91.4	84.7	146.3	57.2	67.1	59.6
Nov-20	32.9	27.6	13.7	24.6	16.2	50.4	0.1	40.4	24.6	23.0
Feb-21	13.6	12.4	11.8	24.2	6.8	10.2	13.1	3.5	12.3	13.9
May-21	20.0	33.4	25.6	10.4	15.6	14.4	5.1	7.2	22.1	28.0
Aug-21	-15.6	-7.1	5.0	-15.8	12.7	-10.3	21.1	-8.8	-5.2	-9.8
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-19	-8.5	-7.6	12.8	-3.5	2.1	20.3	20.6	12.5	-2.2	-1.9
Aug-20	-14.6	-25.2	7.8	10.2	21.9	-6.1	-1.8	-25.6	-8.1	-8.0
Aug-21	53.0	77.7	67.5	44.0	61.7	70.0	44.0	42.0	62.0	61.8

Job vacancies, change from Feb 2020 by state, original
State	Change (%)
New South Wales	20
Victoria	36.3
Queensland	83.9
South Australia	54.1
Western Australia	88.6
Tasmania	70.3
Northern Territory	113.7
Australian Capital Territory	20.1

Job vacancies, change from Feb 2020 by state, original

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Private sector

Job vacancies, private sector, states and territories, original
	May-20 ('000)	Aug-20 ('000)	Nov-20 ('000)	Feb-21 ('000)	May-21 ('000)	Aug-21 ('000)
NSW	33.4	55.0	74.4	85.9	102.7	85.2
Vic	24.3	40.6	52.8	59.5	80.9	74.0
Qld	22.9	39.2	44.0	49.1	62.8	66.2
SA	5.2	10.6	13.3	17.3	18.7	15.5
WA	15.4	30.2	35.0	36.8	43.3	48.5
Tas	1.6	2.8	4.4	5.1	5.9	4.9
NT	1.3	3.6	3.5	3.8	4.1	5.0
ACT	2.5	3.7	6.0	6.0	6.7	6.1

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Change in job vacancies, private sector
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Change from previous quarter
May-20	-53.2	-54.8	-34.3	-48.1	-39.2	-46.6	-39.0	-48.8	-48.1	-45.3
Aug-20	64.5	67.4	71.1	104.7	95.7	82.0	186.8	46.2	74.3	65.6
Nov-20	35.4	30.0	12.1	25.2	16.1	53.2	-2.9	62.1	25.6	23.9
Feb-21	15.4	12.6	11.7	30.2	5.0	17.8	8.7	0.7	12.9	14.5
May-21	19.5	36.1	27.8	8.1	17.7	14.6	9.1	10.5	23.3	29.9
Aug-21	-17.0	-8.5	5.4	-17.1	12.1	-16.4	21.1	-8.4	-6.0	-10.9
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-19	-11.0	-7.1	11.3	-8.0	2.4	25.1	14.3	-2.9	-3.8	-3.6
Aug-20	-15.9	-27.3	11.0	11.7	23.3	-6.5	-1.7	-27.4	-8.2	-8.2
Aug-21	55.0	82.3	68.8	46.0	60.8	72.9	39.5	65.1	64.5	64.3

Public sector

Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories, original
	May-20 ('000)	Aug-20 ('000)	Nov-20 ('000)	Feb-21 ('000)	May-21 ('000)	Aug-21 ('000)
NSW	6.3	7.2	8.2	8.1	10.1	9.9
Vic	4.4	5.1	5.6	6.2	6.7	7.3
Qld	2.3	2.9	3.9	4.4	4.4	4.4
SA	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.6	2.4
WA	1.4	2.0	2.4	3.2	2.9	3.5
Tas	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.9
NT	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1
ACT	1.0	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.1	1.9

Job vacancies, public sector, states and territories, original

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Change in job vacancies, public sector
	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Australia	Australia (Seasonally Adjusted)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Change from previous quarter
May-20	-20.2	-26.1	-34.3	-2.7	-37.1	-40.8	-41.5	-38.8	-26.5	-27.0
Aug-20	14.0	16.1	26.4	14.3	43.8	99.1	37.8	83.5	24.6	23.0
Nov-20	13.9	8.5	34.7	21.2	17.9	36.3	16.7	-1.2	15.7	15.2
Feb-21	-2.1	10.7	12.1	-11.5	33.4	-31.7	33.4	12.5	6.5	8.9
May-21	25.4	7.8	0.8	31.3	-7.6	11.9	-10.1	-1.9	10.4	10.0
Aug-21	-1.8	9.4	-1.5	-6.0	20.3	48.9	21.0	-10.2	3.6	2.3
Change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Aug-19	20.9	-12.1	29.2	30.6	-1.5	0.7	73.6	67.2	14.7	14.8
Aug-20	-3.4	-2.6	-22.3	2.6	3.5	-3.9	-2.1	-22.1	-7.1	-6.9
Aug-21	37.3	41.7	50.0	32.4	74.9	55.3	69.3	-2.1	41.0	41.1

Industry

Job vacancies ('000), industry, original
	May-20	Aug-20	Nov-20	Feb-21	May-21	Aug-21
Mining	4.3	5.6	6.3	7.5	8.3	8.4
Manufacturing	7.0	13.5	15.3	16.6	20.7	23.2
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	1.6	1.9	2.2	2.7	3.0	3.0
Construction	8.3	15.9	17.9	26.7	29.9	23.2
Wholesale trade	6.5	9.9	13.4	14.0	17.8	14.4
Retail trade	11.4	18.5	25.7	24.9	34.3	33.6
Accommodation and food services	*5.0	*13.5	22.4	27.6	38.2	27.6
Transport, postal and warehousing	3.3	5.5	6.6	9.3	10.6	11.5
Information media and telecommunications	2.0	2.4	2.7	3.8	3.7	3.5
Financial and insurance services	7.8	12.3	12.8	14.7	17.9	15.8
Rental, hiring and real estate services	*1.0	*3.6	4.4	4.6	7.8	5.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	13.1	23.5	27.0	31.2	31.9	31.7
Administrative and support services	17.5	24.2	26.8	28.6	35.2	36.8
Public administration and safety	8.6	13.4	16.7	15.0	17.2	17.5
Education and training	3.6	6.4	6.7	8.5	10.5	9.8
Health care and social assistance	19.7	28.4	37.7	39.1	47.7	51.2
Arts and recreation services	**0.1	**1.2	4.0	2.6	5.4	3.9
Other services	*3.6	*8.3	10.6	13.6	15.4	16.0

* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use

Job vacancies, change from Feb 2020 by industry, original
Industry	Change (%)
Arts and recreation services	96.1
Manufacturing	89.8
Accommodation and food services	87.4
Rental, hiring and real estate services	80.6
Retail trade	77.7
Health care and social assistance	72
Other services	69.9
Transport, postal and warehousing	53.1
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	40.2
Construction	39.7
Financial and insurance services	32
Public administration and safety	31.9
Mining	29.3
Education and training	26.1
Professional, scientific and technical services	20.5
Administrative and support services	18.3
Wholesale trade	13.8
Information media and telecommunications	2.5

Job vacancies, change from Feb 2020 by industry, original

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Continuing the use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in August

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Businesses reporting vacancies

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Public sector

Industry

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Key statistics

Survey impacts

Continuing the use of forward factors for seasonal adjustment

Suspension of trend estimates

Survey responses remain high in August

Other measures of labour demand

Job vacancies over time

Businesses reporting vacancies

States and territories

Private sector

Public sector

Industry

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Table 1. Job vacancies, state and territories ('000)

Table 2. Job vacancies, private sector, state and territories ('000)

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