Jackie Cahill
Question:1. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Taoiseach the number of persons at work in the mid-west region; and the number of persons at work by individual categories in the same region. [33311/18]
View answerTuesday, 24 July 2018
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The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of labour force (ILO) in the State. This survey replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from Q3 2017.
Labour force estimates are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The most recent published NUTS 3 data available are for Q1 2018 and these data are shown in the following tables.
Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over by ILO Economic Status in the Mid-West NUTS3 region in Q1 2018.
Table 2 shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by sex and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector in the Mid-West NUTS3 region in Q1 2018.
Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by ILO Economic Status in the Mid-West NUTS3 region, Q1 18
|
ILO Economic Status |
Q1 18 |
|
In employment ('000) |
212.0 |
|
Unemployed ('000) |
11.4 |
|
In labour force ('000) |
223.5 |
|
Unemployment rate - 15-74 years (%) |
5.2 |
|
Participation rate (%) |
58.5 |
Source: Labour Force Survey, Central Statistics Office.
Mid-West NUTS 3 region is composed of County Clare, Limerick City and County and County Tipperary.
Data may be subject to future revision.
Reference period: q1=Jan -Mar.
Table 2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment classified by sex and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector in the Mid-West NUTS3 region, Q1 18 '000
|
Economic Sector NACE Rev.2 |
Males |
Females |
All persons |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A) |
18.6 |
* |
20.7 |
|
Industry and Construction (B to F) |
34.8 |
8.4 |
43.2 |
|
Industry (B to E) |
22.6 |
7.7 |
30.3 |
|
Construction (F) |
12.2 |
* |
12.9 |
|
Services (G to U) |
65.0 |
82.6 |
147.6 |
|
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) |
13.2 |
13.3 |
26.5 |
|
Transportation and storage (H) |
7.3 |
* |
9.7 |
|
Accommodation and food service activities (I) |
7.4 |
9.0 |
16.4 |
|
Information and communication (J) |
4.7 |
* |
6.5 |
|
Financial, insurance and real estate activities (K,L) |
* |
4.3 |
7.6 |
|
Professional, scientific and technical activities (M) |
6.7 |
4.9 |
11.5 |
|
Administrative and support service activities (N) |
5.8 |
* |
9.0 |
|
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security (O) |
3.7 |
5.1 |
8.7 |
|
Education (P) |
4.2 |
11.8 |
16.0 |
|
Human health and social work activities (Q) |
* |
22.1 |
25.6 |
|
Other NACE activities (R to U) |
5.2 |
4.9 |
10.0 |
|
Not stated |
* |
* |
* |
|
All NACE economic sectors |
118.8 |
93.2 |
212.0 |
Source: Labour Force Survey, Central Statistics Office.
Mid-West NUTS 3 region is composed of County Clare, Limerick City and County and County Tipperary.
* Estimates for numbers of persons or averages where there are less than 30 persons sampled in a cell are not produced as estimates are too small to be considered reliable.
Data may be subject to future revision.
Reference period: q1=Jan -Mar.