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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 December 2000.
Unemployment
Unemployment - Long Term
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 AS JOB SEEKERS
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
LOSS 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
RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
FALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
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
Dec 2000 seasonally adjusted
108,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Dec 2000 seasonally adjusted
5.6%
OR ONE IN 18 PEOPLE
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
Sept 2000 to Dec 2000
3,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
11,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
Dec 2000NORTHLAND
8.7%
or one in 11 people
AUCKLAND
5.2%
or one in 19 people
WAIKATO
5.6
or one in 18 people
BAY OF PLENTY
6.3%
or one in 16 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
7.4%
or one in 14 people
TARANAKI
5.2%
or one in 19 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
5.2%
or one in 19 people
WELLINGTON
4.7%
or one in 21 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
4.7%
or one in 21 people
CANTERBURY
5.4%
or one in 19 people
OTAGO
5.9%
or one in 17 people
SOUTHLAND
5.5%
or one in 18 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
Sept 2000 to Dec 2000
Bay of Plenty
Waikato
Taranaki
Wanganui/Manawatu
Wellington
Canterbury
Northland
Auckland
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Nelson/Marlborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Southland
WITH WORK & INCOME NZ
Dec 2000
217,051
for month of Dec 2000
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
Dec 2000 Seasonally Adjusted
1,805,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
Sept 2000 to Dec 2000
20,000
Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
36,000 people
Wholesale & Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Transport, Storage & Communication, Health & Community Services,Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Business & Financial
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Construction,Education
Long Term
IN THE PAST YEAR
Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
37,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
400 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
877,900 (89%)
113,500 (11%)
Women
534,500 (65%)
292,500 (35%)
Total
1,412,400
406,000
Overall %
78%
22%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
13.6%
ITALY
10.5%
FRANCE
8.9%
GERMANY
8.2%
CANADA
6.9%
AUSTRALIA
6.7%
OECD AVERAGE
6.4%
NEW ZEALAND
5.6%
BRITAIN
5.4%
JAPAN
4.8%
UNITED STATES
4.0%
and wanting a job ..."
Dec 2000
181,600 people
Dec 2000
9.1%
OR ONE IN 11 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
Sept 2000 to Dec 2000
4,300
IN THE LAST YEAR
Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
13,800 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
Dec 2000NORTHLAND
13.2%
or one in 8 people
AUCKLAND
8.3%
or one in 12 people
WAIKATO
8.6%
or one in 12 people
BAY OF PLENTY
12.6
or one in 8 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
11.7%
or one in 9 people
TARANAKI
8.6%
or one in 12 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
9.2
or one in 11 people
WELLINGTON
7.2%
or one in 14 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
8.1%
or one in 12 people
CANTERBURY
8.9%
or one in 11 people
OTAGO
11.5%
or one in 9 people
SOUTHLAND
9.6%
or one in 10 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
Dec 2000
65.9%
Source -- Statistics NZ
Dec 2000
13.0%
or one in 8 Maori people
Dec 2000
11.4%
or one in 9 Pacific Island people
Dec 2000
4.0%
or one in 25 NZ European (Pakeha) people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
Dec 2000
15.7%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
Dec 2000
3.9%
or one in 26 mature people
Dec 2000
33,300 people
30% or one in 3 of the unemployed
Dec 2000
8,000 people
7% or one in 14 of the unemployed
Dec 2000
2,200 people
2% or one in 49 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
TASKFORCE GREEN
1,371
JOB PLUS
10,048
JOB PLUS MAORI
343
JOB CONNECTION
395
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
502
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
803
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
8,057 people (Dec Quarter)
YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ )
5,478 people (Dec Quarter)
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army)
113 people (Dec Quarter)
CONSERVATION CORPS
794 people
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
155 people
COMMUNITY WORK
(still counted as unemployed)
5,782
Source -- figures from Work & Income NZ, Skill NZ and Youth Affairs
(Figures as at the end of Dec 2000)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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