No.201
24 February 2004
BACK
by the Editors of
The Jobs Letter
Who have been the winners and losers in our latest economic recovery?
Our economy has created 218,000 jobs since June 1998 (when the recovery in employment levels started to take off).
In this special feature, The Jobs Letter takes a look at who has been getting the jobs, and in what regions and sectors.
To do this, we have compared the figures for who were in work in June 1998, with the figures for December 2003.
Some trends :
– despite young people under 25 years making up 41% of the unemployed, this age group has only taken up 17% of the new jobs since June 1998.
– 66% of the new jobs have gone to people aged 45 years and over.
– slightly under a third of the new jobs have gone to Maori and Pacific people
– some regions are doing very well, most notably Canterbury (an increase in jobs of 31%),Wanganui/Manawatu (21%)and Taranaki .
– but there has been little jobs growth in Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast and Southland.
– when we look at a breakdown of the new jobs by economic sector, we see that the Health and Community Services sector has increased its workforce by 37%, and Construction by 31%, while Manufacturing has decreased by 3%.
Source – Statistics New Zealand Household Labour Force Survey for June 2003
|
 |
December 2003
Who's Got The Jobs?
EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED
THE EMPLOYED
|
| thousands (000) |
|
June 98 |
|
Dec 03 |
|
difference |
|
|
Total Employed
(seasonally adjusted) |
|
1,721 |
|
1,939 |
|
218 |
|
|
| Men |
|
948 |
|
1054 |
|
106 |
|
|
| Women |
|
773 |
|
885 |
|
112 |
|
|
Full Time
(thirty hours or more) |
|
1,320 |
|
1,508 |
|
188 |
|
|
Part Time
(fewer than thirty hours) |
|
398 |
|
431 |
|
33 |
|
|
| THE UNEMPLOYED |
| thousands (000) |
|
June 98 |
|
Dec 03 |
|
difference |
|
|
Unemployment Rate
(seasonally adjusted) |
|
7.6% |
|
4.6% |
|
-3.0% |
|
|
Total Unemployed
(seasonally adjusted) |
|
131 |
|
93 |
|
-38 |
|
|
% of 15-24 yr olds
unemployed |
|
35% |
|
41% |
|
6% |
|
|
AGE,MAORI & PACIFIC
| THE EMPLOYED (by Age Group & Maori and Pacific) |
| thousands (000) |
|
June 98 |
|
Dec 03 |
|
difference |
|
% of total |
Total Employed
(not adjusted) |
|
1,716.3 |
|
1,956.3 |
|
240.0 |
|
|
| 15-24 yr olds |
|
295.3 |
|
335.5 |
|
40.2 |
|
17% |
| 25-44 yr olds |
|
851.2 |
|
893.4 |
|
42.2 |
|
18% |
| 45+ yr olds |
|
569.8 |
|
727.5 |
|
157.7 |
|
66% |
| Maori and Pacific People |
|
201.6 |
|
271.7 |
|
70.1 |
|
29% |
EMPLOYED BY REGION
| THE EMPLOYED (by Region) |
| thousands (000) |
|
June 98 |
|
Dec 03 |
|
difference |
|
% of total |
| Northland |
|
51.7 |
|
58.6 |
|
6.9 |
|
+13% |
| Auckland |
|
525.5 |
|
596.5 |
|
71 |
|
+14% |
| Waikato |
|
152.9 |
|
176.3 |
|
23.4 |
|
+15% |
| Bay of Plenty |
|
93.3 |
|
104.5 |
|
11.2 |
|
+12% |
| Gisborne-Hawkes Bay |
|
79.3 |
|
85.8 |
|
6.5 |
|
+8% |
| Taranaki |
|
43.9 |
|
52.7 |
|
8.8 |
|
+20% |
| Wanganui-Manawatu |
|
89.2 |
|
107.5 |
|
18.3 |
|
+21% |
| Wellington |
|
239.4 |
|
244.9 |
|
5.5 |
|
+2% |
| Nelson-Marlborough-West Coast |
|
79.5 |
|
81.8 |
|
2.3 |
|
+3% |
| Canterbury |
|
226.3 |
|
297.5 |
|
71.2 |
|
+31% |
| Otago |
|
85.4 |
|
100.1 |
|
14.7 |
|
+17% |
| Southland |
|
49.8 |
|
50 |
|
0.2 |
|
0% |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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EMPLOYED BY SECTOR
| THE EMPLOYED (by Sector) |
| thousands (000) |
|
June 98 |
|
Dec 03 |
|
difference |
|
% of total |
| Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing |
|
139.5 |
|
156.7 |
|
17.2 |
|
+12% |
| Manufacturing |
|
286 |
|
277.5 |
|
-8.5 |
|
-3% |
| Construction |
|
111.9 |
|
146.2 |
|
34.3 |
|
+31% |
| Wholesale & Retail |
|
377.9 |
|
447.1 |
|
69.2 |
|
+18% |
Transport, Storage
& Communication |
|
100.9 |
|
117.5 |
|
16.6 |
|
+16% |
| Business & Financial Services |
|
243.1 |
|
262.4 |
|
19.3 |
|
+8% |
| Education |
|
128.1 |
|
149.5 |
|
21.4 |
|
+17% |
| Health & Community Services |
|
125 |
|
170.9 |
|
45.9 |
|
+37% |
| Other Services |
|
184.5 |
|
211.5 |
|
27 |
|
+15% |
|
|
Latest Figures
December 2003
THE EMPLOYED
THE UNEMPLOYED
EMPLOYED BY AGE GROUP AND MAORI & PACIFIC
EMPLOYED BY REGION
EMPLOYED BY SECTOR
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