Where Data Tells the Story
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Australia’s labor market produced one of its strongest monthly results in March 2026.
Full-time employment surged by 52,500 jobs. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.
By the headline measures, the Australian jobs market is in good health.
Data Explained, therefore, looked into the seasonally adjusted underemployment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
It tracks the share of employed people who want more hours than they are getting.
The data showed that female underemployment sits at 7.1% in March 2026, nearly double the headline unemployment figure.
For Australian women, the labor market problem is not whether they have a job. It is whether the job they have is enough.