Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2010-11
Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2010-11
Total Men Women
Extent of unemployment
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
Numbers (in thousands)
Total who worked or looked for work............................. 158,882 159,693 84,000 83,715 74,882 75,978
Percent with unemployment..................................... 15.9 14.9 17.7 15.8 13.8 13.8
Total with unemployment....................................... 25,241 23,739 14,880 13,262 10,360 10,477
Did not work but looked for work............................ 6,562 6,214 3,659 3,212 2,903 3,002
1 to 14 weeks............................................. 1,351 1,395 634 656 717 739
15 weeks or more.......................................... 5,211 4,819 3,025 2,556 2,186 2,263
Worked during the year...................................... 18,679 17,525 11,221 10,050 7,458 7,476
Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.. 591 417 379 271 211 147
Part-year workers (2) with unemployment................... 18,088 17,108 10,842 9,779 7,246 7,329
1 to 4 weeks............................................ 2,259 2,211 1,178 1,170 1,081 1,041
5 to 10 weeks........................................... 2,393 2,273 1,419 1,238 974 1,035
11 to 14 weeks.......................................... 2,299 2,063 1,438 1,276 861 787
15 to 26 weeks.......................................... 5,113 4,942 3,231 2,936 1,882 2,007
27 weeks or more........................................ 6,024 5,619 3,577 3,159 2,447 2,459
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers........ 19.9 19.8 20.1 19.9 19.5 19.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment............... 3,872 3,524 2,620 2,448 1,252 1,076
2 spells.......................................... 1,786 1,745 1,129 1,121 657 624
3 spells or more.................................. 2,086 1,779 1,491 1,327 595 451
Percent distribution
Did not work but looked for work................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1 to 14 weeks................................................. 20.6 22.4 17.3 20.4 24.7 24.6
15 weeks or more.............................................. 79.4 77.6 82.7 79.6 75.3 75.4
Worked during the year.......................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment...... 3.2 2.4 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.0
Part-year workers (2) with unemployment....................... 96.8 97.6 96.6 97.3 97.2 98.0
1 to 4 weeks................................................ 12.1 12.6 10.5 11.6 14.5 13.9
5 to 10 weeks............................................... 12.8 13.0 12.6 12.3 13.1 13.8
11 to 14 weeks.............................................. 12.3 11.8 12.8 12.7 11.5 10.5
15 to 26 weeks.............................................. 27.4 28.2 28.8 29.2 25.2 26.8
27 weeks or more............................................ 32.3 32.1 31.9 31.4 32.8 32.9
With 2 spells or more of unemployment............. 20.7 20.1 23.3 24.4 16.8 14.4
2 spells........................................ 9.6 10.0 10.1 11.2 8.8 8.4
3 spells or more................................ 11.2 10.1 13.3 13.2 8.0 6.0
1 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
2 Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.