The Jobs Letter — Statistics That Matter

No.157
26 November 2001

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1999 Incomes Report

Work
Employed and Unemployed

Part-Time and Full-Time Work

Income
Sources of Income

Income from the Market

Income from Benefits

Distribution of Gross Income

Distribution of Market Income

Distribution of Benefits

Age
Employment and Age

Income and Age

Benefits and Age

Ethnic
Income and Ethnic
Benefits and Ethnic

Education
Employment and Education

Benefits and Education

"Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor"
— The Jobs Letter commentary on the 1999 Incomes Report

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Employment and
Unemployment in NZ

September 2001

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 September 2001.

Official Unemployment in NZ

ONE IN NINETEEN PEOPLE OFFICIALLY UNEMPLOYED IN NZ

OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
Sept 2001 seasonally adjusted
100,000 people

OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
Sept 2001 seasonally adjusted
5.2% OR ONE IN 19 PEOPLE

FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE MONTHS
June 2001 to Sept 2001
1,000 people

FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN THE LAST YEAR
Sept 2000 to Sept 2001
11,000 people

Source — Statistics NZ

OFFICIALLY UNEMPLOYED IN THE REGIONS Sept 2001
`NORTHLAND`	`7.9%`	`or one in 13 people`
`AUCKLAND`	`4.2%`	`or one in 24 people`
`WAIKATO`	`5.6`	`or one in 18 people`
`BAY OF PLENTY`	`8.2%`	`or one in 12 people`
`GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY`	`5.7%`	`or one in 18 people`
`TARANAKI`	`5.8%`	`or one in 17 people`
`WANGANUI - MANAWATU`	`4.2%`	`or one in 24 people`
`WELLINGTON`	`4.5%`	`or one in 22 people`
`NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST`	`4.6%`	`or one in 22 people`
`CANTERBURY`	`5.2%`	`or one in 19 people`
`OTAGO`	`6.8%`	`or one in 15 people`
`SOUTHLAND`	`2.7%`	`or one in 37 people`
Source — Statistics NZ

REGIONS WITH A DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS
June 2001 to Sept 2001
Auckland Gisborne/Hawkes Bay Waikato Wanganui/Manawatu Canterbury Southland

REGIONS WITH NO CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
None

REGIONS WITH A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
Northland Bay of Plenty Taranaki Wellington Nelson/Marlborough/ Tasman/West Coast Otago

Registrations at Winz
(Ministry of Social Development)

PEOPLE REGISTERED AS JOB SEEKERS
WITH MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Sept 2001
182,928

NOTIFIED VACANCIES
for month of Sept 2001
Figures Unavailable

Source — Ministry of Social Development

The Underemployed

Sept 2001
104,600 people

According to Statistics NZ, the underemployed are workers who are employed part time but would prefer to work more hours

The Employed

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
Sept 2001 Seasonally Adjusted
1,825,000 people

RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST 3 MONTHS
June 2001 to Sept 2001
6,000

RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
Sept 2000 to Sept 2001
39,000 people

SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Business & Financial, Health & Community Services, Education, Wholesale & Retail Trade, Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Manufacturing

SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Construction, Transport, Storage & Communication

Full-time and Part-time

GAIN IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
IN THE PAST YEAR
Sept 2000 to Sept 2001
20,000 people

GAIN IN PART-TIME EMPLOYED
IN THE PAST YEAR
Sept 2000 to Sept 2001
18,000 people

... Full-time Part-time

Men 870,000 (88%) 122,100 (12%)

Women 520,500 (63%) 304,900 (37%)

Total 1,390,600 427,000

Overall % 77% 23%

Source — Statistics NZ

Global Unemployment Rates

SPAIN 13.0%
ITALY 9.4%
FRANCE 8.6%
GERMANY 7.9%
CANADA 7.2%
AUSTRALIA 6.7%
OECD AVERAGE 6.5%
JAPAN 5.3%
NEW ZEALAND 5.2%
BRITAIN 5.1%
UNITED STATES 4.9%

Officially Jobless

"Those without a job and wanting 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".

ONE IN ELEVEN PEOPLE OFFICIALLY JOBLESS IN NZ

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
Sept 2001
173,900 people

OFFICIAL RATE OF JOBLESS
Sept 2001
8.7% OR ONE IN 11 PEOPLE

RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
IN LAST THREE MONTHS
June 2001 to Sept 2001
2,400

FALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
IN THE LAST YEAR
Sept 2000 to Sept 2001
3,400 people

Source — Statistics NZ

JOBLESS IN THE REGIONS Sept 2001
`NORTHLAND`	`13.9%`	`or one in 7 people`
`AUCKLAND`	`7.3%`	`or one in 14 people`
`WAIKATO`	`9.4%`	`or one in 11 people`
`BAY OF PLENTY`	`12.3`	`or one in 8 people`
`GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY`	`11.0%`	`or one in 9 people`
`TARANAKI`	`8.6%`	`or one in 12 people`
`WANGANUI - MANAWATU`	`8.2`	`or one in 12 people`
`WELLINGTON`	`7.9%`	`or one in 13 people`
`NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST`	`7.7%`	`or one in 13 people`
`CANTERBURY`	`8.8%`	`or one in 11 people`
`OTAGO`	`11.2%`	`or one in 9 people`
`SOUTHLAND`	`6.6%`	`or one in 15 people`
Source — Statistics NZ

Labour Force Participation Rate

LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
Sept 2001
65.9%

Labour Force Participation Rate

Source — Statistics NZ

Race / Ethnic

MAORI RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Sept 2001
12.3% or one in 8 Maori people

PACIFIC ISLAND RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Sept 2001
8.2% or one in 12 Pacific Island people

NZ EUROPEAN (PAKEHA) RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Sept 2001
3.8% or one in 26 NZ European (Pakeha) people

Unemployment Rate
By Ethnic Group
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Source — Statistics NZ

Age Rates and Long-term Unemployment

YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
Sept 2001
14.7% or one in 7 young people

MATURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
Sept 2001
3.8% or one in 26 mature people

LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 6 months)
Sept 2001
28,500 people 29% or one in 4 of the unemployed

LONGER-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 2 years)
Sept 2001
7,400 people 7% or one in 14 of the unemployed

VERY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 5 years)
Sept 2001
2,300 people 2% or one in 43 of the unemployed

Source — Statistics NZ

The Schemes and Subsidised Jobs

TASKFORCE GREEN 600

JOB PLUS 4,191

JOB PLUS MAORI 119

JOB CONNECTION 142

ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE 96

ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE with capitalisation 203

TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME (TOPS) COURSES) 8,932 people

YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ ) 5,871 people

LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS (Army) 111 people

CONSERVATION CORPS 669 people

YOUTH SERVICE CORPS 106 people

ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY (still counted as unemployed) 1,818