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- Employment and Unemployment in NZ
... our regular look at the official statistics.
- Electorate Statistics
... Income, Employment and Deprivation Levels for each electorate
- Work and Income in NZ
... an overview of statistics from 1996 census
The official unemployed rates are an internationally
recognised figure for unemployment based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics
New Zealand.
These are the latest figures for December 1999.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
REGIONS WITH A DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH NO CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
PEOPLE REGISTERED
NOTIFIED VACANCIES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST 3 MONTHS
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
GAIN IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
GAIN IN PART-TIME EMPLOYED
"Those without a job
These are the statistics that are more commonly used
by community workers and employment activists in New
Zealand because they more accurately reflect the
people who are their concern or clients.
These "Jobless" figures are also based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics NZ,
but include a wider definition of unemployment,
usually referred to "those without a job and wanting
a job".
According to Statistics NZ, the difference between
the official "unemployment" figures and the "jobless
figures" is that many of the people on the jobless
measurement are available for work, but not actively
seeking it.
The reasons for not actively seeking work range from
people being discouraged because they lack the skills
needed, or were the wrong age, or that the right work
was not available in their area, or they were only
looking for jobs in their newspaper. This measurement
also includes those actively seeking work but not yet
available for it.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF JOBLESS IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF JOBLESS
FALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
FALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
Labour Force Participation Rate
Not in The Labour Force
MAORI RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
PACIFIC ISLAND RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
NZ EUROPEAN (PAKEHA) RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
MATURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 6 months)
LONGER-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 2 years)
VERY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 5 years)
Official Unemployment in NZ
Registrations at NZ Employment Service
The Employed
Full-time and part-time
Global Unemployment Rates
Officially Jobless
Labour Force Participation Rate
Race / Ethnic Unemployment
Age Rates and Long-term Unemployment
The Schemes and Subsidised Jobs
December 1999 seasonally adjusted
119,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
December 1999 seasonally adjusted
6.3%
OR ONE IN 14 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
September 1999 to December 1999
8,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
December 1998 to December 1999
25,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 1999NORTHLAND
8.9%
or one in 11 people
AUCKLAND
5.0%
or one in 20 people
WAIKATO
6.3%
or one in 16 people
BAY OF PLENTY
8.2%
or one in 12 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
8.8%
or one in 11 people
TARANAKI
8.6%
or one in 12 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
7.7%
or one in 13 people
WELLINGTON
4.0%
or one in 25 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
6.4%
or one in 16 people
CANTERBURY
6.7%
or one in 15 people
OTAGO
5.9%
or one in 17 people
SOUTHLAND
6.3 %
or one in 16 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
June 99 to December 99
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Waikato
Wellington
Nelson/Malborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Canterbury
Otago
None
Northland
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Taranaki
Wanganui/Manawatu
Southland
AT WORK & INCOME NZ
December 99
Figures unavailable
for month of December 99
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
December 99 Seasonally Adjusted
1,771,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
September 99 to December 99
24,000
December 98 to December 99
47,000 people
Due to a change in the way sector categories are classified by Statistics NZ we are unable to compare sectors with previous years to show changes in levels of employment
IN THE PAST YEAR
December 98 to December 99
44,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
December 98 to December 99
3,000 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
866,100 (89%)
110,200 (11%)
Women
509,200 (63%)
296,200 (37%)
Total
1,375,400
406,400
overall %
77%
23%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
15.5%
FRANCE
10.9%
ITALY
11.4%
GERMANY
9.1%
CANADA
7.6%
AUSTRALIA
7.1%
OECD AVERAGE
6.8%
NEW ZEALAND
6.3%
BRITAIN
6.1%
JAPAN
4.7%
UNITED STATES
4.2%
and wanting a job ..."
December 99
195,400 people
December 99
9.9%
OR ONE IN 10 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
September 99 to December 99
9,800
IN THE LAST YEAR
December 98 to December 99
31,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 99NORTHLAND
15.9%
or one in 6 people
AUCKLAND
8.4%
or one in 12 people
WAIKATO
9.4%
or one in 11 people
BAY OF PLENTY
13.1%
or one in 8 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
13.8%
or one in 7 people
TARANAKI
12.1%
or one in 8 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
12.2%
or one in 8 people
WELLINGTON
7.0%
or one in 14 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
9.5%
or one in 11 people
CANTERBURY
10.1%
or one in 10 people
OTAGO
11.1%
or one in 9 people
SOUTHLAND
9.8%
or one in 10 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 1999
65.4%
Source -- Statistics NZ
December 1999
14.5%
or one in 7 Maori people
December 1999
12.2%
or one in 8 Pacific Island people
December 1999
4.5%
or one in 22 NZ European (Pakeha)people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
December 1999
15.9%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
December 1999
4.5%
or one in 22 mature people
December 1999
41,700 people
35% or one in 3 of the unemployed
December 1999
11,000 people
9% or one in 11 of the unemployed
December 1999
2,400 people
2% or one in 50 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
TASKFORCE GREEN
1779
JOB PLUS
9596
JOB PLUS MAORI
338
JOB CONNECTION
655
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
587
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
682
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
8,284 people (1November 99)
YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ )
5,286 people (1November 99)
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army, July - December) )
109 people
CONSERVATION CORPS
901 people
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
99 people
COMMUNITY WORK
(still counted as unemployed)
9,805
Source -- figures from Work & Income NZ, Skill NZ and Youth Affairs
(Figures as at the end of December 99)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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