Australia - share of job search difficulties for job seekers of one year by reason 2019

In 2019, around 74.3 percent of unemployed job seekers who had been looking for work for one year in Australia stated their main reason for experiencing difficulty in their job search was related to language.

Share of job search difficulties for unemployed job seekers of one year in Australia in 2019, by reason

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Language difficulties	74.29%
No feedback from employers	73.87%
Considered too young by employers	50.53%
Unsuitable hours	41.14%
No vacancies in line of work	40.48%
No vacancies at all	39.66%
Other difficulties	36.14%
Considered too old by employers	35.24%
Family responsibilities	32.64%
Too far to travel or transport problems	31.75%
Lacked necessary skills or education	27.91%
Considered too young or too old by employers	27.25%
Own ill health or disability	26.32%
Insufficient work experience	24.2%
Too many applicants for available jobs	22.78%

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

February 2019

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

Note: The survey excludes those who are members of the permanent defense forces, certain diplomatic personnel of overseas governments who are customarily excluded from the Census and estimated populations, short term overseas residents in Australia, and members of non-Australian defense forces and their dependents.

Sample size and survey methodology not explicitly specified.

Values have been rounded.

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