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February 2009 | March 2009 | February to March 2009 | March 2008 to March 2009 | February to March 2009 | March 2008 to March 2009 | |
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Seasonally adjusted | ||||||
thousands | change in thousands | % change | ||||
Both sexes 15+ | ||||||
Population | 27,161.2 | 27,187.6 | 26.4 | 384.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Labour force | 18,315.2 | 18,294.7 | -20.5 | 90.1 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
Employment | 16,899.4 | 16,838.1 | -61.3 | -264.0 | -0.4 | -1.5 |
Full-time | 13,696.9 | 13,617.4 | -79.5 | -373.7 | -0.6 | -2.7 |
Part-time | 3,202.5 | 3,220.7 | 18.2 | 109.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
Unemployment | 1,415.9 | 1,456.6 | 40.7 | 354.1 | 2.9 | 32.1 |
Participation rate | 67.4 | 67.3 | -0.1 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 7.7 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 62.2 | 61.9 | -0.3 | -1.9 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 19.0 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
Youths 15 to 24 | ||||||
Population | 4,387.4 | 4,388.8 | 1.4 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Labour force | 2,911.8 | 2,909.0 | -2.8 | -32.1 | -0.1 | -1.1 |
Employment | 2,496.9 | 2,478.3 | -18.6 | -138.8 | -0.7 | -5.3 |
Full-time | 1,360.7 | 1,337.1 | -23.6 | -105.7 | -1.7 | -7.3 |
Part-time | 1,136.2 | 1,141.2 | 5.0 | -33.0 | 0.4 | -2.8 |
Unemployment | 414.9 | 430.6 | 15.7 | 106.6 | 3.8 | 32.9 |
Participation rate | 66.4 | 66.3 | -0.1 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 14.2 | 14.8 | 0.6 | 3.8 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 56.9 | 56.5 | -0.4 | -3.4 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 45.5 | 46.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | ... | ... |
Men 25+ | ||||||
Population | 11,132.7 | 11,145.1 | 12.4 | 183.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Labour force | 8,158.7 | 8,146.1 | -12.6 | 2.7 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
Employment | 7,563.0 | 7,535.4 | -27.6 | -179.6 | -0.4 | -2.3 |
Full-time | 6,986.1 | 6,957.4 | -28.7 | -259.4 | -0.4 | -3.6 |
Part-time | 576.9 | 577.9 | 1.0 | 79.6 | 0.2 | 16.0 |
Unemployment | 595.7 | 610.7 | 15.0 | 182.3 | 2.5 | 42.6 |
Participation rate | 73.3 | 73.1 | -0.2 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 7.3 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 67.9 | 67.6 | -0.3 | -2.8 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 7.6 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | ... | ... |
Women 25+ | ||||||
Population | 11,641.1 | 11,653.6 | 12.5 | 181.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Labour force | 7,244.7 | 7,239.6 | -5.1 | 119.6 | -0.1 | 1.7 |
Employment | 6,839.5 | 6,824.4 | -15.1 | 54.4 | -0.2 | 0.8 |
Full-time | 5,350.1 | 5,322.9 | -27.2 | -8.6 | -0.5 | -0.2 |
Part-time | 1,489.4 | 1,501.5 | 12.1 | 63.0 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
Unemployment | 405.2 | 415.2 | 10.0 | 65.1 | 2.5 | 18.6 |
Participation rate | 62.2 | 62.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 5.6 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 58.8 | 58.6 | -0.2 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
Part-time rate | 21.8 | 22.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | ... | ... |