DEEWR monitors the labour market for a range of skilled occupations to identify and report on shortages, and also conducts surveys of employers in specific industries and locations to identify their recruitment experiences.
The Department publishes an array of information about the labour market and skill shortages.
- Skill shortages listings and analysis focusing on highly skilled occupations at the state/territory and national level can be found at
- Regional labour market information is available at
- Labour Market Information Portal (up to date labour market information on local areas).
- Small Area Labour Markets (quarterly publication presenting estimates the level of unemployment and the unemployment rate for approximately 1400 Statistical Local Areas).
- Australian Regional Labour Markets (quarterly publication presenting statistics on employment, unemployment and participation rates by ABS labour force region as well as by state/territory and metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas).
- Surveys of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences (provide information on employers’ recent and expected demand for skills and labour at a local level for selected regions).
- SkillsInfo (information on employment trends and labour market characteristics for states and territories, and for Labour Market Regions).
- Occupational and industry labour force data, such as employment levels, gender, hours of work, job prospects and projected employment growth are at
- Job Outlook (provides data on 353 individual occupations, including earnings, age profile, hours of work, state distribution, and future job prospects).
- SkillsInfo (provides comprehensive data on industry employment trends and characteristics, including future employment projections by industry).
- Australian Jobs (annual publication which brings together up-to-date information about jobs, including a guide to the occupations and industries in which Australians work, highlighting jobs with good prospects).