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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 June 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
June 2001
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
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
June 2001 seasonally adjusted
100,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
June 2001 seasonally adjusted
5.2%
OR ONE IN 19 PEOPLE
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
March 2001 to June 2001
3,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
14,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 2001NORTHLAND
6.6%
or one in 15 people
AUCKLAND
5.6%
or one in 18 people
WAIKATO
5.7
or one in 18 people
BAY OF PLENTY
7.6%
or one in 13 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
6.3%
or one in 16 people
TARANAKI
4.6%
or one in 22 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
4.4%
or one in 23 people
WELLINGTON
3.2%
or one in 31 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
2.5%
or one in 40 people
CANTERBURY
5.8%
or one in 17 people
OTAGO
6.1%
or one in 16 people
SOUTHLAND
3.2%
or one in 31 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
March 2001 to June 2001
Northland
Bay of Plenty
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Waikato
Taranaki
Wanganui/Manawatu
Wellington
Nelson/Marlborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Canterbury
None
Auckland
Otago
Southland
WITH WORK & INCOME NZ
June 2001
199,601
for month of June 2001
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
106,200 people
Underemployment And Unemployment
According to Statistics NZ, the underemployed are workers who are employed part time but would prefer to work more hours
June 2001 Seasonally Adjusted
1,820,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
March 2001 to June 2001
16,000
June 2000 to June 2001
57,000 people
Business & Financial, Health & Community Services, Education, Wholesale & Retail Trade, Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Transport, Storage & Communication, Manufacturing
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Construction
Long Term
IN THE PAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
46,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
11,000 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
869,300 (89%)
112,200 (11%)
Women
517,700 (63%)
309,700 (37%)
Total
1,386,900
422,000
Overall %
77%
23%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
12.8%
ITALY
9.8%
FRANCE
8.5%
GERMANY
7.8%
CANADA
7.0%
AUSTRALIA
6.9%
OECD AVERAGE
6.4%
NEW ZEALAND
5.2%
BRITAIN
5.0%
JAPAN
4.9%
UNITED STATES
4.5%
and wanting a job ..."
June 2001
171,500 people
June 2001
8.7%
OR ONE IN 11 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
March 2001 to June 2001
7,300
IN THE LAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
15,800 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 2001NORTHLAND
12.1%
or one in 8 people
AUCKLAND
8.8%
or one in 11 people
WAIKATO
8.2%
or one in 12 people
BAY OF PLENTY
13.4
or one in 7 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
11.2%
or one in 9 people
TARANAKI
8.7%
or one in 11 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
8.2
or one in 12 people
WELLINGTON
5.8%
or one in 17 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
4.4%
or one in 23 people
CANTERBURY
8.8%
or one in 11 people
OTAGO
11.3%
or one in 9 people
SOUTHLAND
6.1%
or one in 16 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 2001
65.9%
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 2001
11.9%
or one in 8 Maori people
June 2001
9.1%
or one in 11 Pacific Island people
June 2001
4.0%
or one in 25 NZ European (Pakeha) people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
June 2001
15.7%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
June 2001
3.4%
or one in 29 mature people
June 2001
26,500 people
27% or one in 4 of the unemployed
June 2001
6,800 people
7% or one in 15 of the unemployed
June 2001
2,000 people
2% or one in 50 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
TASKFORCE GREEN
553
JOB PLUS
3,472
JOB PLUS MAORI
82
JOB CONNECTION
171
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
79
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
176
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
9,327 people (June Quarter)
YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ )
5,843 people (June Quarter)
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army)
92 people (June Quarter)
CONSERVATION CORPS
1,708 people
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
323 people
ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY
(still counted as unemployed)
1,558
Source -- figures from Work & Income NZ, Skill NZ and Youth Affairs
(Figures as at the end of June 2001)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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