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2022
In 2022, the working age population (aged 15 years & over) was 353.9 thousand.
The labour force participation rate was 62.7 per cent.
Employment totalled 210.5 thousand
The unemployment rate was 5.2 percent.
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REPORT OF LABOUR FORCE SURVEY 2022
MEDIA RELEASE
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Summary Data
Number (persons)
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Working age population (15+) Male Female
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361,400 195,900
165,500 | |
350,300 185,200 165,100 |
353,900 187,300 166,600 | Labour Force (15+) Male Female
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227,700 138,700 89,000
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223,300 132,700 90,600 |
222,000 134,000 88,000 | Employment (15+) Male Female
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212,400 127,600 84,800 |
210,500 127,700 82,900 | Unemployment (15+) Male Female
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15,600 8,300 7,400
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11,000 5,100 5,800
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11,400 6,300 5,100
| Unemployment (18-59
years old) Male Female |
18,900 10,100 8,800
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17,600 9,300 8,400
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15,100 8,000 7,100 |
16,200 8,500 7,700 |
10,800 5,100 5,700 |
11,000 6,100 4,900 | Outside Labour Force (15+) Male Female | |
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127,000 52,500 74,500 |
131,900 53,300 78,600 |
Distribution (%) | Working age population (15+) Male Female | 100.0 52.9 47.1 | 100.0 53.8 45.2
| 100.0 54.2 45.8
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100.0 53.7 46.3
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100.0 52.9 47.1
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100.0 52.9 47.1
| Labour Force (15+) Male Female |
100.0 58.4 41.6
| 100.0 59.7 40.3
| 100.0 60.9 39.0
| 100.0 60.9 39.1
| 100.0 59.4 40.6
| 100.0 60.4 39.6
| Employment (15+) Male Female |
100.0 59.0 41.0
| 100.0 60.2 39.8
| 100.0 61.6 38.4
| 100.0 61.5 38.5
| 100.0 61.1 39.9
| 100.0 60.6 39.4
| Unemployment (15+) Male Female |
100.0 53.0 47.5
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100.0 53.3 46.7
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100.0 53.2 47.4
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100.0 59.9 47.4
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100.0 46.9 53.1
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100.0 55.5 44.5
| Unemployment (18-59 years old) Male Female | 100.0 53.4 46.6
| 100.0 52.8 47.7
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100.0 53.0 47.0
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100.0 52.6 47.4
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100.0 47.0 53.0
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100.0 55.2 44.8
| Outside Labour Force (15+) Male Female |
100.0 42.9 57.0 |
100.0 42.1 57.8 | 100.0 41.9 58.1 |
100.0 40.1 59.9 |
100.0 41.4 58.6 |
100.0 40.4 59.6 |
1. The Labour Force statistics obtained from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) year 2017 to 2020 are revised based on the final data of the Population and Housing Census (BPP) 2021 and the Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2021. 2. Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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