Almost 100,000 more Australians found work last month, keeping the national unemployment rate at 4.1 percent.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows overall employment increased by 89,000 people, due to the number of unemployed increasing by 6000.
ABS Head of Labour Statistics Sean Crick said the addition of 6000 unemployed people meant the labour force grew by 95,000.
Mr Crick said the rise in employment was larger for women, up 65,000 (0.9 percent), while male employment was up 24,000 (0.3 percent).
“Female employment growth was mainly in full-time workers, which rose 42,000 (1.1 percent) in April, with female part-time workers rising by 23,000 (0.8 percent).”
He said employment had grown by 390,000 people, or 2.7 percent, over the year.
“This annual growth rate is higher than the population growth rate for people aged 15 years and over, which was 2.1 percent over the same period.”
Mr Crick said the strong growth in employment led to a rise in the employment-to-population ratio of 0.3 percentage points to 64.4 percent in April, just below the record high of 64.5 percent seen in January.
