Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2018-2019

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2018-2019

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2018-2019 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of unemployment	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total who worked or looked for work	168,617	170,663	88,364	89,200	80,253	81,463
Percent with unemployment	7.8	8.0	8.2	8.3	7.4	7.6
Total with unemployment	13,171	13,572	7,210	7,420	5,962	6,153
Did not work but looked for work	2,215	2,030	1,202	1,126	1,014	905
1 to 14 weeks	891	783	453	434	438	349
15 weeks or more	1,324	1,247	748	691	576	556
Worked during the year	10,956	11,542	6,008	6,294	4,948	5,248
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	452	432	287	257	165	175
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	10,504	11,110	5,721	6,037	4,783	5,073
1 to 4 weeks	2,350	2,378	1,097	1,137	1,253	1,241
5 to 10 weeks	1,651	1,849	888	1,004	763	845
11 to 14 weeks	1,430	1,566	783	871	647	695
15 to 26 weeks	2,793	2,813	1,621	1,633	1,172	1,180
27 weeks or more	2,281	2,504	1,333	1,392	948	1,112
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	13.9	13.8	14.7	14.4	12.8	13.1
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	2,381	2,418	1,419	1,408	961	1,010
2 spells	1,124	1,185	622	721	502	464
3 spells or more	1,256	1,232	797	687	459	546
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	40.2	38.6	37.7	38.6	43.2	38.6
15 weeks or more	59.8	61.4	62.3	61.4	56.8	61.4
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	4.1	3.7	4.8	4.1	3.3	3.3
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	95.9	96.3	95.2	95.9	96.7	96.7
1 to 4 weeks	21.4	20.6	18.3	18.1	25.3	23.7
5 to 10 weeks	15.1	16.0	14.8	16.0	15.4	16.1
11 to 14 weeks	13.0	13.6	13.0	13.8	13.1	13.2
15 to 26 weeks	25.5	24.4	27.0	25.9	23.7	22.5
27 weeks or more	20.8	21.7	22.2	22.1	19.2	21.2
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	21.7	20.9	23.6	22.4	19.4	19.2
2 spells	10.3	10.3	10.4	11.5	10.1	8.8
3 spells or more	11.5	10.7	13.3	10.9	9.3	10.4
(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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: December 09, 2020

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2018-2019

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