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Employed persons (a), by industry (b)

94. The overall employment/population ratio rose from 59.0 per cent in 1999-2000 to 60.7 per cent in 2004-05. In 2004-05, the employment/population ratio for men was considerably higher than for women (68.1 per cent compared with 53.4 per cent), which reflects the higher participation of men in the labour force.

Table 25

Employed persons, employment/population ratios (a)

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Males	67.4	67.3	67.0	67.2	67.6	68.1
Females	50.8	51.6	51.5	52.5	52.3	53.4
Persons	59.0	59.3	59.1	59.7	59.8	60.7

Source: Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery (6291.0.55.001).

(a) The employment/population ratio for any group is the annual average number of employed persons expressed as a percentage of the annual average civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group.

95. Of Indigenous persons aged 15 years and over for whom labour force status was reported in the 2001 census, 52 per cent were reported to be participating in the labour force by being either employed at the time of the census (42 per cent employment to population ratio) or unemployed (10 per cent), while 48 per cent were not in the labour force.

96. The Indigenous employment to population ratio of 42 per cent included 7 per cent of Indigenous persons aged 15 years and over who were reported to be employed in Community Development Employment Projects, principally in remote areas of Australia.

97. The unemployment rate for Indigenous persons expresses the number of unemployed persons as a proportion of those Indigenous Australians participating in the labour force.

Table 26

Summary labour force indicators, by remoteness areas, August 2001

	Indigenous persons				Non-Indigenous persons
	Major Cities %	Regional (a) %	Remote (b) %	Australia %	Major Cities %	Regional (a) %	Remote (b) %	Australia %
Participation rate (c)
Males aged 15-64	67.4	60.9	58.1	62.1	81.5	79.3	87.2	80.9
Females aged 15-64	51.4	46.0	41.8	46.5	66.8	63.5	71.0	65.8
Persons aged 15-64	59.1	53.2	49.8	54.1	74.0	71.4	79.8	73.3
Persons aged 15 and over	57.3	51.3	47.6	52.1	64.3	61.0	73.4	63.4
Unemployment rate
Males	22.1	26.4	12.7	21.8	7.4	8.5	4.9	7.7
Females	17.7	20.9	10.9	17.6	6.2	7.1	4.0	6.5
Persons	20.1	24.0	11.9	20.0	6.9	7.9	4.5	7.2
Employment to population ratio (c)
Males	51.2	43.4	48.7	47.0	66.9	63.0	76.8	65.8
Females	40.9	34.9	35.4	36.7	53.3	49.5	62.1	52.2
Persons	45.8	39.0	41.9	41.7	59.9	56.2	70.0	58.9

Source: ABS data available on request, 2001 Census of Population and Housing.

(a) Combines Inner Regional and Outer Regional areas.

(b) Combines Remote and Very Remote areas.

Gross domestic product (GDP)