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A dataset containing Australian Bureau of Statistics employment data by state for 2016

Usage

abs_employ_age_lga

Format

A data frame with 5600 rows and 8 variables:

year

year - 2016

state

state - short state or territory name

lga

local government area name

age_group

age groups are as follows: 15-19, 20-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+, total

total_employed

total number of people employed

total_unemployed

total number of people unemployed

total_labour_force

total number of people in the labour force

total

sum of these totals...or thereabouts??

Source

ABS.stat https://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx? LABOUR > Employment and Unemployment > Labour force status > Census 2016, G43 labour status by age and sex (LGA)

Note

still need to finalise these columns