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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2009
13 Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2007 2008 2009
2007 2008 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 63 67 54 65 72 66 66 79
15-24 26 29 19 27 33 28 26 31
25-54 33 34 30 33 34 34 36 42
55-74 4 4 5 6 4 3 4 6
                 
Males 34 38 31 37 40 36 37 50
15-24 14 16 11 15 18 16 15 18
25-54 17 19 17 18 19 19 20 27
55-74 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 5
                 
Females 29 30 24 29 31 29 29 29
15-24 12 13 8 12 15 13 11 13
25-54 16 15 14 15 15 15 16 15
55-74 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.1
15-24 7.3 7.5 5.4 7.2 8.4 7.3 7.2 8.7
25-54 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.4
55-74 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.4
                 
Males 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.7 3.7
15-24 7.9 8.2 6.3 8.1 9.1 7.8 8.0 10.1
25-54 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.9
55-74 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.1 2.1
                 
Females 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4
15-24 6.6 6.8 4.5 6.4 7.7 6.7 6.3 7.3
25-54 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8
55-74 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6