Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2023-2024

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2023-2024 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of unemployment	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total who worked or looked for work	174,356	177,156	91,713	92,862	82,643	84,295
Percent with unemployment	7.9	8.3	8.3	8.7	7.4	7.8
Total with unemployment	13,724	14,702	7,628	8,090	6,095	6,612
Did not work but looked for work	2,419	2,602	1,374	1,322	1,045	1,279
1 to 14 weeks	977	1,027	545	526	431	501
15 weeks or more	1,442	1,575	829	797	614	778
Worked during the year	11,305	12,100	6,254	6,767	5,050	5,333
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	401	392	224	236	176	156
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	10,904	11,708	6,030	6,531	4,874	5,177
1 to 4 weeks	2,640	2,615	1,321	1,369	1,319	1,246
5 to 10 weeks	1,807	1,833	1,062	1,067	745	767
11 to 14 weeks	1,403	1,554	775	894	627	660
15 to 26 weeks	2,905	3,102	1,682	1,840	1,223	1,262
27 weeks or more	2,149	2,604	1,190	1,361	959	1,242
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	13.3	14.1	13.7	14.2	12.8	14.0
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	2,305	2,266	1,296	1,352	1,009	914
2 spells	1,068	1,142	560	656	508	486
3 spells or more	1,237	1,124	736	696	501	428
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	40.4	39.5	39.7	39.8	41.3	39.1
15 weeks or more	59.6	60.5	60.3	60.2	58.7	60.9
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	3.5	3.2	3.6	3.5	3.5	2.9
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment	96.5	96.8	96.4	96.5	96.5	97.1
1 to 4 weeks	23.4	21.6	21.1	20.2	26.1	23.4
5 to 10 weeks	16.0	15.2	17.0	15.8	14.8	14.4
11 to 14 weeks	12.4	12.8	12.4	13.2	12.4	12.4
15 to 26 weeks	25.7	25.6	26.9	27.2	24.2	23.7
27 weeks or more	19.0	21.5	19.0	20.1	19.0	23.3
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	20.4	18.7	20.7	20.0	20.0	17.1
2 spells	9.4	9.4	9.0	9.7	10.1	9.1
3 spells or more	10.9	9.3	11.8	10.3	9.9	8.0
(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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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