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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2005
4 Population aged 16-74, employed persons by settled/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2004 2005
2004 2005 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 282 3 312 3 281 3 282 3 312 3 312 3 312 3 313
Employed persons 2 276 2 289 2 290 2 274 2 267 2 286 2 304 2 298
Short part-time 298 292 272 304 305 293 273 297
Long part-time 315 314 315 319 314 318 317 304
Full-time 1 654 1 676 1 694 1 643 1 640 1 667 1 705 1 690
Unspecified working hours. 9 8 10 9 8 7 9 6
Unemployed persons 106 111 111 97 110 116 117 98
                 
Population 16-19 years 227 235 227 227 234 235 235 235
Employed persons 90 89 100 98 77 84 100 95
Short part-time 58 57 48 61 60 58 49 59
Long part-time 10 8 16 8 4 7 14 7
Full-time 22 24 35 29 12 18 36 28
Unspecified working hours. - 1 1 1 1 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 18 19 19 15 16 24 20 15
                 
Population 20-24 years 273 274 273 274 273 273 274 274
Employed persons 182 180 186 177 170 183 187 181
Short part-time 47 47 39 48 48 48 40 53
Long part-time 26 28 29 29 27 31 31 21
Full-time 107 104 117 100 93 103 113 107
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Unemployed persons 18 18 17 16 17 20 18 18
                 
Males 25-54 years 979 980 977 980 979 980 979 981
Employed persons 843 846 846 845 839 845 845 854
Short part-time 30 27 27 31 32 25 26 26
Long part-time 34 35 33 34 35 35 32 36
Full-time 777 782 783 777 770 783 785 791
Unspecified working hours. 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
Unemployed persons 38 37 37 36 40 35 39 33
                 
Females 25-54 years 951 952 953 952 950 951 954 954
Employed persons 759 761 761 765 757 758 762 767
Short part-time 104 101 101 106 105 102 95 102
Long part-time 183 180 179 185 180 185 176 179
Full-time 470 478 478 471 470 468 489 484
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2
Unemployed persons 27 30 32 25 30 30 33 27
                 
Males 55-66 years 299 313 299 299 312 312 314 314
Employed persons 205 213 204 200 217 214 212 209
Short part-time 13 13 13 13 11 12 15 13
Long part-time 12 13 10 14 13 12 13 14
Full-time 179 187 180 173 192 189 183 182
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -
Unemployed persons 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 298 309 297 300 311 310 309 307
Employed persons 174 177 171 169 183 178 176 172
Short part-time 36 37 33 35 38 36 38 37
Long part-time 45 45 42 44 49 43 46 42
Full-time 93 94 95 88 95 98 92 92
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 256 249 256 251 252 250 248 246
Employed persons 23 23 22 20 25 25 22 19
Short part-time 11 10 10 10 11 11 9 8
Long part-time 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5
Full-time 7 7 6 5 8 9 7 6
Unspecified working hours. - - 1 - - - 1 -
Unemployed persons - - 1 - - - - -

1Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 working hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 working hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more working hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.