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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 March 2001.
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
March 2001
According to Statistics NZ, the underemployed are workers who are employed part time but would prefer to work more hours
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
NO CHANGE 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
FALL 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
The Undermployed
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
March 2001 seasonally adjusted
104,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
March 2001 seasonally adjusted
5.4%
OR ONE IN 19 PEOPLE
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
Dec 2000 to March 2001
3,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 2000 to March 2001
16,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2001NORTHLAND
7.7%
or one in 13 people
AUCKLAND
5.4%
or one in 19 people
WAIKATO
6.5
or one in 15 people
BAY OF PLENTY
8.5%
or one in 12 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
6.6%
or one in 15 people
TARANAKI
6.2%
or one in 16 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
6.5%
or one in 15 people
WELLINGTON
4.5%
or one in 22 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
2.9%
or one in 34 people
CANTERBURY
6.0%
or one in 17 people
OTAGO
5.3%
or one in 19 people
SOUTHLAND
2.8%
or one in 36 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
Dec 2000 to March 2001
Northland
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Nelson/Marlborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Wellington
Otago
Southland
None
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Waikato
Taranaki
Wanganui/Manawatu
Canterbury
WITH WORK & INCOME NZ
March 2001
199,601
for month of March 2001
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
1,804,000 people
March 2001 Seasonally Adjusted
1,804,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
Dec 2000 to March 2001
March 2000 to March 2001
41,000 people
Manufacturing, Health & Community Services,Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Construction
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Business & Financial,Education, Transport, Storage & Communication, Wholesale & Retail Trade
Long Term
IN THE PAST YEAR
March 2000 to March 2001
43,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
March 2000 to March 2001
3000 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
883,400 (89%)
106,600 (11%)
Women
539,200 (66%)
277,200 (34%)
Total
1,422,600
383,800
Overall %
79%
21%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
13.7%
ITALY
10.1%
FRANCE
8.7%
GERMANY
7.9%
CANADA
6.9%
AUSTRALIA
6.7%
OECD AVERAGE
6.4%
NEW ZEALAND
5.4%
BRITAIN
5.4%
JAPAN
4.9%
UNITED STATES
4.2%
and wanting a job ..."
March 2001
178,800 people
March 2001
9.0%
OR ONE IN 11 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
Dec 2000 to March 2001
2,800
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 2000 to March 2001
26,400 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2001NORTHLAND
12.4%
or one in 8 people
AUCKLAND
8.3%
or one in 12 people
WAIKATO
9.3%
or one in 11 people
BAY OF PLENTY
13.4
or one in 7 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
10.5%
or one in 10 people
TARANAKI
9.8%
or one in 10 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
9.6
or one in 10 people
WELLINGTON
7.7%
or one in 13 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
5.5%
or one in 18 people
CANTERBURY
9.3%
or one in 11 people
OTAGO
9.7%
or one in 10 people
SOUTHLAND
6.3%
or one in 16 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2001
65.6%
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2001
12.0%
or one in 8 Maori people
March 2001
11.2%
or one in 9 Pacific Island people
March 2001
4.2%
or one in 25 NZ European (Pakeha) people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
March 2001
16.9%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
March 2001
3.9%
or one in 26 mature people
March 2001
30,500 people
29% or one in 3 of the unemployed
March 2001
8,300 people
8% or one in 13 of the unemployed
March 2001
2,300 people
2% or one in 45 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
TASKFORCE GREEN
663
JOB PLUS
2860
JOB PLUS MAORI
88
JOB CONNECTION
100
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
70
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
167
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
7,966 people (March Quarter)
YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ )
5,349 people (March Quarter)
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army)
98 people (March Quarter)
CONSERVATION CORPS
1,600 people
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
265 people
ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY
(still counted as unemployed)
2,136
Source -- figures from Work & Income NZ, Skill NZ and Youth Affairs
(Figures as at the end of March 2001)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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