[QLF30] Indicators of Potential Labour Supply
Updated by provider on August 21, 2025 (11:00 AM).
LFS estimates were updated on 22/02/2024 to incorporate updated population estimates for the period 2016 Q3 to 2023 Q3, based on the results of Census 2022. LFS results are updated in this way following each Census of Population.
For further information see Background Notes.
Note 1. PLS1 indicator is unemployed persons plus discouraged workers as a percentage of the Labour Force plus discouraged workers. This indicator is broadly comparable to the previously published S1 indicator.
Note 2. PLS2 indicator is unemployed persons plus Potential Additional Labour Force as a percentage of the Labour Force plus Potential Additional Labour Force.
Note 3. PLS3 indicator is unemployed persons plus Potential Additional Labour Force plus others who want a job, who are not available and not seeking for reasons other than being in education or training as a percentage of the Labour Force plus Potential Additional Labour Force plus others who want a job, who are not available and not seeking for reasons other than being in education or training. This indicator is broadly comparable to the previously published S2 indicator.
Note 4. PLS4 indicator is unemployed persons plus Potential Additional Labour Force plus others who want a job, who are not available and not seeking for reasons other than being in education or training plus part-time underemployed persons as a percentage of the Labour Force plus Potential Additional Labour Force plus others who want a job, who are not available and not seeking for reasons other than being in education or training. This indicator is broadly comparable to the previously published S3 indicator.
Note 5. A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.
For more information, please go to the statistical release page on our website.
This dataset has 4 series:
- from
- 1998-Q1=9.2
- to
- 2025-Q2=5.2
- min:
- 3.9
- max:
- 17
- avg:
- 7.943
- σ:
- 4.004
- from
- 1998-Q1=10.3
- to
- 2025-Q2=8.5
- min:
- 4.8
- max:
- 18
- avg:
- 9.643
- σ:
- 4.022
- from
- 1998-Q1=12.6
- to
- 2025-Q2=10.2
- min:
- 7
- max:
- 20.5
- avg:
- 11.924
- σ:
- 4.017
- from
- 1998-Q1=NA
- to
- 2025-Q2=15.2
- min:
- 12
- max:
- 26.4
- avg:
- 18.879
- σ:
- 4.159
| Series code | 1998-Q1 | 1998-Q2 | 1998-Q3 | 1998-Q4 | 1999-Q1 | 1999-Q2 | 1999-Q3 | 1999-Q4 | 2000-Q1 | 2000-Q2 | 2000-Q3 | 2000-Q4 | 2001-Q1 | 2001-Q2 | 2001-Q3 | 2001-Q4 | 2002-Q1 | 2002-Q2 | 2002-Q3 | 2002-Q4 | 2003-Q1 | 2003-Q2 | 2003-Q3 | 2003-Q4 | 2004-Q1 | 2004-Q2 | 2004-Q3 | 2004-Q4 | 2005-Q1 | 2005-Q2 | 2005-Q3 | 2005-Q4 | 2006-Q1 | 2006-Q2 | 2006-Q3 | 2006-Q4 | 2007-Q1 | 2007-Q2 | 2007-Q3 | 2007-Q4 | 2008-Q1 | 2008-Q2 | 2008-Q3 | 2008-Q4 | 2009-Q1 | 2009-Q2 | 2009-Q3 | 2009-Q4 | 2010-Q1 | 2010-Q2 | 2010-Q3 | 2010-Q4 | 2011-Q1 | 2011-Q2 | 2011-Q3 | 2011-Q4 | 2012-Q1 | 2012-Q2 | 2012-Q3 | 2012-Q4 | 2013-Q1 | 2013-Q2 | 2013-Q3 | 2013-Q4 | 2014-Q1 | 2014-Q2 | 2014-Q3 | 2014-Q4 | 2015-Q1 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q4 | 2016-Q1 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q4 | 2017-Q1 | 2017-Q2 | 2017-Q3 | 2017-Q4 | 2018-Q1 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q4 | 2019-Q1 | 2019-Q2 | 2019-Q3 | 2019-Q4 | 2020-Q1 | 2020-Q2 | 2020-Q3 | 2020-Q4 | 2021-Q1 | 2021-Q2 | 2021-Q3 | 2021-Q4 | 2022-Q1 | 2022-Q2 | 2022-Q3 | 2022-Q4 | 2023-Q1 | 2023-Q2 | 2023-Q3 | 2023-Q4 | 2024-Q1 | 2024-Q2 | 2024-Q3 | 2024-Q4 | 2025-Q1 | 2025-Q2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [QLF30C01.-] | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 17 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 11 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| [QLF30C02.-] | 10.3 | 10 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6 | 5.8 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6 | 5 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6 | 7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 15 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 18 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 12 | 12 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 10 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 13.4 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8 | 8.5 |
| [QLF30C03.-] | 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 17 | 18 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 19 | 19.8 | 19 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 15 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12 | 12.7 | 20.5 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 19 | 16.8 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 9 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 10 | 10.2 |
| [QLF30C04.-] | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14.5 | 14 | 18 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 23 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 25 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 24 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 17 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 24 | 21.5 | 19.2 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 15.2 |
This dataset has 4 series:
- from
- 1998-Q1=9.2
- to
- 2025-Q2=5.2
- min:
- 3.9
- max:
- 17
- avg:
- 7.943
- σ:
- 4.004
- from
- 1998-Q1=10.3
- to
- 2025-Q2=8.5
- min:
- 4.8
- max:
- 18
- avg:
- 9.643
- σ:
- 4.022
- from
- 1998-Q1=12.6
- to
- 2025-Q2=10.2
- min:
- 7
- max:
- 20.5
- avg:
- 11.924
- σ:
- 4.017
- from
- 1998-Q1=NA
- to
- 2025-Q2=15.2
- min:
- 12
- max:
- 26.4
- avg:
- 18.879
- σ:
- 4.159
| Series code | 1998-Q1 | 1998-Q2 | 1998-Q3 | 1998-Q4 | 1999-Q1 | 1999-Q2 | 1999-Q3 | 1999-Q4 | 2000-Q1 | 2000-Q2 | 2000-Q3 | 2000-Q4 | 2001-Q1 | 2001-Q2 | 2001-Q3 | 2001-Q4 | 2002-Q1 | 2002-Q2 | 2002-Q3 | 2002-Q4 | 2003-Q1 | 2003-Q2 | 2003-Q3 | 2003-Q4 | 2004-Q1 | 2004-Q2 | 2004-Q3 | 2004-Q4 | 2005-Q1 | 2005-Q2 | 2005-Q3 | 2005-Q4 | 2006-Q1 | 2006-Q2 | 2006-Q3 | 2006-Q4 | 2007-Q1 | 2007-Q2 | 2007-Q3 | 2007-Q4 | 2008-Q1 | 2008-Q2 | 2008-Q3 | 2008-Q4 | 2009-Q1 | 2009-Q2 | 2009-Q3 | 2009-Q4 | 2010-Q1 | 2010-Q2 | 2010-Q3 | 2010-Q4 | 2011-Q1 | 2011-Q2 | 2011-Q3 | 2011-Q4 | 2012-Q1 | 2012-Q2 | 2012-Q3 | 2012-Q4 | 2013-Q1 | 2013-Q2 | 2013-Q3 | 2013-Q4 | 2014-Q1 | 2014-Q2 | 2014-Q3 | 2014-Q4 | 2015-Q1 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q4 | 2016-Q1 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q4 | 2017-Q1 | 2017-Q2 | 2017-Q3 | 2017-Q4 | 2018-Q1 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q4 | 2019-Q1 | 2019-Q2 | 2019-Q3 | 2019-Q4 | 2020-Q1 | 2020-Q2 | 2020-Q3 | 2020-Q4 | 2021-Q1 | 2021-Q2 | 2021-Q3 | 2021-Q4 | 2022-Q1 | 2022-Q2 | 2022-Q3 | 2022-Q4 | 2023-Q1 | 2023-Q2 | 2023-Q3 | 2023-Q4 | 2024-Q1 | 2024-Q2 | 2024-Q3 | 2024-Q4 | 2025-Q1 | 2025-Q2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [QLF30C01.-] | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 17 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 11 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| [QLF30C02.-] | 10.3 | 10 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6 | 5.8 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6 | 5 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6 | 7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 15 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 18 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 12 | 12 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 10 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 13.4 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8 | 8.5 |
| [QLF30C03.-] | 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 17 | 18 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 19 | 19.8 | 19 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 15 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12 | 12.7 | 20.5 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 19 | 16.8 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 9 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 10 | 10.2 |
| [QLF30C04.-] | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14.5 | 14 | 18 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 23 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 25 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 24 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 17 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 24 | 21.5 | 19.2 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 15.2 |