The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 6.1 percent in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
That beat forecasts for 6.3 percent, which would have been unchanged from the February reading.
The Australia economy added 37,700 jobs in March to 11,720,300 - also beating expectations for adding 15,000 following the gain of 15,600 jobs in the previous month.
Full-time employment increased 31,500 to 8,131,400 and part-time employment increased 6,100 to 3,588,900.
The increase in employment was driven by increases in full-time employment for both males (up 24,800) and females (up 6,700).
The participation rate was 64.8 percent, beating forecasts for 64.6 percent and up from the upwardly revised 64.7 percent in February (originally 64.6 percent).
The ABS seasonally adjusted aggregate monthly hours worked series increased in March 2015, up 4.8 million hours (0.3 percent) to 1,630.4 million hours.
The seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed decreased by 1,500 to 764,500 in March.
Also on Thursday, the ABS said that the total number of new motor vehicle sales in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent on month in March, standing at 96,158.
That follows the 2.9 percent increase in February.
On a yearly basis, new motor vehicle sales climbed 4.4 percent - up from 4.1 percent in the previous month.
By category, sales of passenger vehicles added 4.5 percent on month, while other vehicles gained 1.8 percent and sports utility vehicles dropped 5.4 percent.
By region, Queensland saw the largest percentage increase (3.3 percent), followed by the Australian Capital Territory (1.8 percent) and Victoria (1.3 percent).
Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest decrease in sales (8.2 percent).
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