LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2005 | |
5 | Persons in the labour force by age and sex. 1000 and as per cent of all in each group |
Annual average | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
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2003 | 2004 | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | |
1000 | ||||||||
Total | 2 375 | 2 382 | 2 362 | 2 394 | 2 401 | 2 371 | 2 378 | 2 403 |
16-19 | 106 | 108 | 93 | 106 | 119 | 113 | 92 | 109 |
20-24 | 202 | 199 | 194 | 207 | 203 | 193 | 187 | 202 |
25-29 | 245 | 239 | 235 | 239 | 241 | 241 | 234 | 236 |
30-39 | 608 | 608 | 603 | 611 | 612 | 608 | 599 | 599 |
40-54 | 813 | 820 | 818 | 818 | 823 | 820 | 833 | 833 |
55-66 | 377 | 384 | 393 | 389 | 380 | 375 | 407 | 399 |
67-74 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
Males | 1 259 | 1 263 | 1 256 | 1 267 | 1 271 | 1 257 | 1 262 | 1 275 |
16-19 | 52 | 54 | 44 | 51 | 62 | 59 | 46 | 54 |
20-24 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 109 | 104 | 102 | 101 | 107 |
25-29 | 130 | 125 | 123 | 125 | 126 | 126 | 122 | 122 |
30-39 | 324 | 324 | 324 | 326 | 323 | 323 | 318 | 320 |
40-54 | 429 | 432 | 431 | 431 | 434 | 431 | 439 | 437 |
55-66 | 205 | 209 | 213 | 210 | 207 | 204 | 221 | 219 |
67-74 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
Females | 1 116 | 1 119 | 1 106 | 1 127 | 1 130 | 1 114 | 1 116 | 1 128 |
16-19 | 54 | 54 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 54 | 47 | 55 |
20-24 | 96 | 95 | 90 | 98 | 99 | 92 | 86 | 95 |
25-29 | 115 | 114 | 112 | 114 | 115 | 115 | 112 | 114 |
30-39 | 284 | 284 | 279 | 285 | 289 | 285 | 281 | 279 |
40-54 | 385 | 388 | 387 | 387 | 389 | 389 | 394 | 395 |
55-66 | 172 | 175 | 180 | 178 | 173 | 171 | 186 | 180 |
67-74 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Per cent | ||||||||
Total | 72.9 | 72.6 | 71.9 | 73.0 | 73.2 | 72.3 | 71.8 | 72.6 |
16-19 | 48.5 | 47.6 | 41.3 | 46.7 | 52.5 | 49.8 | 39.4 | 46.4 |
20-24 | 73.8 | 73.1 | 71.2 | 76.0 | 74.4 | 70.7 | 68.5 | 74.1 |
25-29 | 82.8 | 82.8 | 81.7 | 82.9 | 83.4 | 83.2 | 82.2 | 82.7 |
30-39 | 87.1 | 87.5 | 86.8 | 87.9 | 88.1 | 87.3 | 86.9 | 86.9 |
40-54 | 86.7 | 86.7 | 86.5 | 86.5 | 87.0 | 86.8 | 87.1 | 87.1 |
55-66 | 65.2 | 64.4 | 65.9 | 65.2 | 63.8 | 62.6 | 65.4 | 64.1 |
67-74 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 |
Males | 76.7 | 76.3 | 75.8 | 76.6 | 76.9 | 76.0 | 75.5 | 76.4 |
16-19 | 46.4 | 45.8 | 37.7 | 43.2 | 52.6 | 49.7 | 37.7 | 44.6 |
20-24 | 76.6 | 75.4 | 75.0 | 78.4 | 74.9 | 73.4 | 72.6 | 77.1 |
25-29 | 86.6 | 86.8 | 85.3 | 87.0 | 87.7 | 87.0 | 86.2 | 86.4 |
30-39 | 91.2 | 91.4 | 91.2 | 92.0 | 91.3 | 91.1 | 90.3 | 91.0 |
40-54 | 90.1 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 89.8 | 90.5 | 89.7 | 90.4 | 90.0 |
55-66 | 70.5 | 69.8 | 71.2 | 70.3 | 69.4 | 68.2 | 70.9 | 70.2 |
67-74 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 12.7 |
Females | 69.1 | 68.8 | 68.0 | 69.3 | 69.4 | 68.4 | 68.0 | 68.7 |
16-19 | 50.8 | 49.5 | 45.2 | 50.5 | 52.3 | 50.0 | 41.2 | 48.3 |
20-24 | 70.9 | 70.6 | 67.2 | 73.5 | 73.9 | 67.8 | 64.3 | 70.9 |
25-29 | 78.9 | 78.9 | 78.1 | 78.9 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 78.3 | 79.1 |
30-39 | 82.9 | 83.4 | 82.1 | 83.6 | 84.7 | 83.4 | 83.4 | 82.5 |
40-54 | 83.3 | 83.3 | 82.9 | 83.0 | 83.4 | 83.7 | 83.7 | 84.1 |
55-66 | 59.9 | 58.9 | 60.5 | 60.1 | 58.2 | 57.0 | 59.8 | 57.9 |
67-74 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 |