Western Australia's unemployment rate rose 0.1 per cent in October to 4.7 per cent from 4.6 per cent the previous month, but is still the lowest in the nation.
Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.4 per cent in October, compared with an unrevised 5.1 per cent in September.
Total employment rose by 29,700 to 11.356 million in the month, seasonally adjusted.
Full-time employment fell by 14,100 to 7.971 million in October and part-time employment was up by 43,800 to 3.385 million.
The participation rate in October was 65.9 per cent, up from an unrevised 65.6 per cent in September.
South Australia has the highest unemployment rate at 5.7 per cent (up from 5.5 per cent) followed by Victoria and Queensland (5.6 per cent), New South Wales (5.4 per cent) and Tasmania (5.1 per cent).
The ABS report also showed aggregate hours worked by employed people in Australia rose 0.5 per cent in October, seasonally adjusted.
That followed a fall of 0.1 per cent in September.
Aggregate hours worked in October 2010 were 3.7 per cent higher than in October 2009.