One in three single parents jobless: ABS

ONE in three single parent families with dependants were jobless in June 2015, according to statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently.

Director of Labour Market Analytics at the ABS, Jennifer Humphrys said that in recent years the proportion of jobless families with dependants had remained stable at around 11 percent. 

“There were around 329,200 jobless families with dependants in June 2015,” Ms Humphrys said. "In those families, there were 662,100 dependents aged less than 25 years, 85 percent of whom were children under 15."

The ABS's Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families publication uses data from the ABS Labour Force survey to determine family relationships and the labour force status of the 6.6 million families living in Australia.

The survey also found 53 percent of couple families had both partners working,

The ABS's Labour Force, Australia: Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families (cat. no. 6224.0.55.001), is available for free download.

www.abs.gov.au

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