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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 Sept 2000.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE 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
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
Sept 2000 seasonally adjusted
111,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Sept 2000 seasonally adjusted
5.9%
OR ONE IN 17 PEOPLE
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
July 2000 to Sept 2000
3,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
Sept 1999 to Sept 2000
16,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
Sept 2000NORTHLAND
8.7%
or one in 11 people
AUCKLAND
5.1%
or one in 20 people
WAIKATO
6.0
or one in 17 people
BAY OF PLENTY
8.1%
or one in 12 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
7.2%
or one in 14 people
TARANAKI
6.0%
or one in 17 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
6.5%
or one in 15 people
WELLINGTON
5.0%
or one in 20 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
4.6%
or one in 22 people
CANTERBURY
5.5%
or one in 18 people
OTAGO
5.3%
or one in 19 people
SOUTHLAND
4.9%
or one in 20 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
July 2000 to Sept 2000
Northland
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Taranaki
Wanganui/Manawatu
Wellington
Nelson/Marlborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Canterbury
Otago
None
Waikato
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Southland
AT WORK & INCOME NZ
Sept 2000
Figures unavailable
for month of Sept 2000
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
Sept 2000 Seasonally Adjusted
1,784,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
July 2000 to Sept 2000
22,000
Sept 1999 to Sept 2000
37,000 people
Construction, Wholesale & Retail Trade, Education, Manufacturing, Transport, Storage & Communication, Health & Community Services
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Business & Financial
Long Term
IN THE PAST YEAR
Sept 1999 to Sept 2000
32,600 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
Sept 1999 to Sept 2000
4,600 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
855,200 (88%)
112,700 (12%)
Women
514,200 (63%)
296,700 (37%)
Total
1,369,400
409,400
Overall %
77%
23%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
14.5%
ITALY
10.5%
FRANCE
9.6%
GERMANY
8.3%
CANADA
7.1%
AUSTRALIA
6.4%
OECD AVERAGE
6.5%
NEW ZEALAND
5.9%
BRITAIN
5.4%
JAPAN
4.6%
UNITED STATES
4.1%
and wanting a job ..."
Sept 2000
177,300 people
Sept 2000
9.1%
OR ONE IN 11 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
July 2000 to Sept 2000
10,000
IN THE LAST YEAR
Sept 99 to Sept 2000
27,900 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
Sept 2000NORTHLAND
13.5%
or one in 7 people
AUCKLAND
7.8%
or one in 13 people
WAIKATO
8.3%
or one in 12 people
BAY OF PLENTY
11.9
or one in 8 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
14.3%
or one in 7 people
TARANAKI
9.7%
or one in 10 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
10.0
or one in 10 people
WELLINGTON
8.3%
or one in 12 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
8.2%
or one in 12 people
CANTERBURY
8.6%
or one in 12 people
OTAGO
8.9%
or one in 11 people
SOUTHLAND
10.0%
or one in 10 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
Sept 2000
65.5%
Source -- Statistics NZ
Sept 2000
14.2%
or one in 7 Maori people
Sept 2000
11.3%
or one in 9 Pacific Island people
Sept 2000
4.2%
or one in 24 NZ European (Pakeha) people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
Sept 2000
15.7%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
Sept 2000
4.4%
or one in 23 mature people
Sept 2000
38,200 people
34% or one in 3 of the unemployed
Sept 2000
9,600 people
9% or one in 12 of the unemployed
Sept 2000
2,500 people
2% or one in 44 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
TASKFORCE GREEN
814
JOB PLUS
4,867
JOB PLUS MAORI
135
JOB CONNECTION
281
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
132
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
322
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
8,008 people (Sept Quarter)
YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ )
5,503 people (Sept Quarter)
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army)
98 people (Sept Quarter)
CONSERVATION CORPS
794 people
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
126 people
COMMUNITY WORK
(still counted as unemployed)
3,349
Source -- figures from Work & Income NZ, Skill NZ and Youth Affairs
(Figures as at the end of Sept 2000)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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