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Directory
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
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Official Unemployment in NZ
ONE IN NINETEEN PEOPLE OFFICIALLY UNEMPLOYED IN NZ OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
June 2001 seasonally adjusted
100,000 peopleUnemployment
Seasonally adjusted
Unemployment - Long Term
Seasonally adjusted
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
June 2001 seasonally adjusted
5.2%
OR ONE IN 19 PEOPLEUnemployment Rate
FALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE MONTHS
March 2001 to June 2001
3,000 peopleFALL IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN THE LAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
14,000 peopleSource -- Statistics NZ
OFFICIALLY UNEMPLOYED IN THE REGIONS
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
REGIONS WITH A DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
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
REGIONS WITH NO CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
None
REGIONS WITH A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
Auckland
Otago
Southland
- Registrations at Work & Income NZ
WINZ PEOPLE REGISTERED AS JOB SEEKERS
WITH WORK & INCOME NZ
June 2001
199,601NOTIFIED VACANCIES
for month of June 2001
Figures UnavailableSource -- Work & Income NZ
- The Underemployed
June 2001
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
- The Employed
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
June 2001 Seasonally Adjusted
1,820,000 peopleEmployment
Seasonally adjusted
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST 3 MONTHS
March 2001 to June 2001
16,000RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
57,000 peopleSECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
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
Employment
Long Term
- Full-time and Part-time
GAIN IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
IN THE PAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
46,000 peopleGAIN IN PART-TIME EMPLOYED
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
- Global Unemployment Rates
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%
- 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
June 2001
171,500 peopleOFFICIAL RATE OF JOBLESS
June 2001
8.7%
OR ONE IN 11 PEOPLEFALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
IN LAST THREE MONTHS
March 2001 to June 2001
7,300FALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
IN THE LAST YEAR
June 2000 to June 2001
15,800 peopleSource -- Statistics NZ
JOBLESS IN THE REGIONS
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
- Labour Force Participation Rate
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
June 2001
65.9%
Labour Force Participation Rate
Source -- Statistics NZ
- Race / Ethnic
MAORI RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
June 2001
11.9%
or one in 8 Maori peoplePACIFIC ISLAND RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
June 2001
9.1%
or one in 11 Pacific Island peopleNZ EUROPEAN (PAKEHA) RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
June 2001
4.0%
or one in 25 NZ European (Pakeha) peopleUnemployment Rate
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
- Age Rates and Long-term Unemployment
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
June 2001
15.7%
or one in 6 young peopleMATURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
June 2001
3.4%
or one in 29 mature peopleLONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 6 months)
June 2001
26,500 people
27% or one in 4 of the unemployedLONGER-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 2 years)
June 2001
6,800 people
7% or one in 15 of the unemployedVERY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 5 years)
June 2001
2,000 people
2% or one in 50 of the unemployedSource -- Statistics NZ
- The Schemes and Subsidised Jobs
TASKFORCE GREEN 553 JOB PLUS 3,472 JOB PLUS MAORI 82 JOB CONNECTION 171 ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE 79 ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation176 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)
Statistics That Matter
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and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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Unemployment in NZ
June 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 June 2001.