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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2018

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Questions (113)

Thomas Byrne

Question:

113. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the latest CSO labour force survey results for Waterford city and region, including data on unemployment participation, age, gender and hours of employment, in tabular form. [52798/18]

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Written answers

The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2018.

Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable Waterford City estimates from the LFS. Estimates of the labour force (including unemployment) however, are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS 3 South-East region includes counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford City and County and Wexford.

Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by gender and ILO Economic Status in the NUTS 3 South-East region in Q3 2018.

Table 2 shows the Labour Force participation rates of persons aged 15 years and over by gender and the unemployment rates of persons aged 15 to 74 years in the NUTS3 South-East region in Q3 2018.

Table 3 shows the average usual hours (where usual hours data is available) worked of persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex in the South-East NUTS3 Regions in Q3 2018.

Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by NUTS3 Regions (South-East) and ILO Economic Status, Q3 2018

Gender

ILO Economic Status

Age Group

'000

a Male

a Employed

15-34 years

29.4

35-54 years

50.5

55+ years

21.9

All

101.8

b Unemployed

15-34 years

[5.1]

35-54 years

*

55+ years

*

All

9.4

c Inactive

15-34 years

16.4

35-54 years

[6.8]

55+ years

33.0

All

56.2

d Total labour force

15-34 years

34.5

35-54 years

53.9

55+ years

22.8

All

111.2

e Total male

15-34 years

50.9

35-54 years

60.7

55+ years

55.8

All

167.4

b Female

a Employed

15-34 years

27.1

35-54 years

40.9

55+ years

16.7

All

84.7

b Unemployed

15-34 years

[4.7]

35-54 years

*

55+ years

*

All

8.0

c Inactive

15-34 years

19.5

35-54 years

19.1

55+ years

41.6

All

80.2

d Total labour force

15-34 years

31.8

35-54 years

43.8

55+ years

17.1

All

92.6

e Total female

15-34 years

51.2

35-54 years

62.9

55+ years

58.6

All

172.8

Male and Female

a Employed

15-34 years

56.5

35-54 years

91.4

55+ years

38.6

All

186.5

b Unemployed

15-34 years

9.7

35-54 years

[6.3]

55+ years

*

All

17.4

c Inactive

15-34 years

35.8

35-54 years

26.0

55+ years

74.5

All

136.3

d Total labour force

15-34 years

66.3

35-54 years

97.7

55+ years

39.9

All

203.9

e Total persons

15-34 years

102.1

35-54 years

123.7

55+ years

114.4

All

340.2

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

*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.

Parentheses [ ] indicate where there are 30-49 persons sampled in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Reference period: Q3=Jul-Sep.

Table 2 Participation (ILO) and unemployment (ILO) rates classified by sex and NUTS3 Regions (South-East), Q3 2018

Gender

Age Group

Participation rates (15 years and over) %

Unemployment rates (15-74 years) %

a Male

15-34 years

67.8

14.7

35-54 years

88.7

6.4

55+ years

40.9

4.1

All

66.4

8.5

b Female

15-34 years

62.0

14.7

35-54 years

69.6

6.6

55+ years

29.1

2.3

All

53.6

8.6

All

15-34 years

64.9

14.7

35-54 years

79.0

6.5

55+ years

34.9

3.3

All

59.9

8.6

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Reference period: Q3=Jul-Sep.

Table 3 Average usual hours (where usual hours data is available) worked per week of persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NUTS3 Regions (South-East), Q3 2018

Gender

Average usual hours worked per week

a Male

42.8

b Female

30.4

All

37.0

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Reference period: Q3=Jul-Sep.

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