Labour force statistics provide information about people in New Zealand who are in paid employment, unemployed, or not in the labour force. This data covers the labour market, occupations or industry groups, and work stoppages.
Listed below are the titles of tables found previously in chapter 3 of the Key Statistics publication. Below the list is an outline of where you can find this data now. Further help is available from our Information Centre.
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People employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force |
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People employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force, seasonally adjusted |
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Employment, by full-time and part-time status |
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Persons employed, by sex and by industry group |
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Filled jobs, by sex and by industry group |
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Filled jobs, by employment status and sex |
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Filled jobs, by regional council area and sex |
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Work stoppages |
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Projected labour force of New Zealand, 1991–2061 (2006-base update) |
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Projected labour force by age group and sex, 1991–2061 (2006-base update) |
Table 1 People employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Household Labour Force Survey, and the table Labour Force Status by Sex by Age Group (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Select these variables:
- 'Select all' in Sex
- 'Total all ages' in Age Group
- 'Select all' in Observations
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Household Labour Force Survey infomation release page.top
Table 2 People employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force, seasonally adjusted
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Household Labour Force Survey – HLF, and the table Labour Force Status by Sex: Seasonally Adjusted (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Select these variables:
- 'Select all' in Sex
- 'Select all' in Observations
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Household Labour Force Survey information release page.top
Table 3 Employment, by full-time and part-time status
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Household Labour Force Survey – HLF, and the Employed Persons, Full and Part Time Status by Sex (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Hold down the control key and select these variables:
- 'Employed full-time' in Employed and Unemployed Persons, Full-Time and Part-Time Status
- 'Employed part-time' in Employed and Unemployed Persons, Full-Time and Part-Time Status
- 'Employed total' in Employed and Unemployed Persons, Full-Time and Part-Time Status
- 'Select all' in Sex
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Household Labour Force Survey information release page.top
Table 4 Persons employed, by sex and by industry group
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Household Labour Force Survey – HLF, and the table Persons Employed by Sex by Industry, ANZSIC06 (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Select these variables:
- 'Select all' in Sex
- 'Select all' in Industry ANZSIC06
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Household Labour Force Survey information release page.top
Table 5 Filled jobs, by sex and by industry group
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Earnings and Employment Survey (QES) – QEX, and the Filled Jobs by Industry (ANZSIC06) by Sex and Status in Employment (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Select these variables:
- 'All' in Industry
- 'All' in Sex
- 'Total Status in Employment' in Status in Employment
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Quarterly Employment Survey information release page.top
Table 6 Filled jobs, by employment status and sex
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Earnings and Employment Survey (QES) – QEX, and the table Filled Jobs by Industry (ANZSIC06) by Sex and Status in Employment (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Select these variables:
- 'Total All Industries' in Industry
- 'All' in Sex
- 'All' in Status in Employment
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Quarterly Employment Survey information release page.top
Table 7 Filled jobs, by regional council area and sex
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Earnings and Employment Survey (QES) – QEX, and the table Filled Jobs by Regional Council by Sex and Status in Employment (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Select these variables:
- 'All' in Region
- 'All' in Sex
- 'Total Status in Employment' in Status in Employment.
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Quarterly Employment Survey information release page.top
Table 8 Work stoppages
You can find this information in Infoshare. Choose the Subject category: Work income and spending, then choose Work Stoppages – INS.
Annual data is available from Number of Stoppages (Start dates 1985 to 1986) (Annual-Dec).
Hold down the control key and select these variables:
- 'Number of stoppages: complete' in Observations
- 'Number of stoppages: partial' in Observations
- 'Number of stoppages: total' in Observations
- 'Number of workers involved' in Observations
- 'Person days of work lost' in Observations
- 'Average person days lost per worker involved' in Observations
- 'Approximate loss in wages $(000)' in Observations
- 'Lockouts' in Observations
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
Quarterly data is available from Number of Stoppages (Start dates 1985 to 1986) (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec).
Hold down the control key and select these variables:
- 'Number of stoppages: complete' in Observations
- 'Number of stoppages: partial' in Observations
- 'Number of stoppages: total' in Observations
- 'Number of workers involved' in Observations
- 'Person days of work lost' in Observations
- 'Average person days lost per worker involved' in Observations
- 'Approximate loss in wages $(000)' in Observations
- 'Lockouts' in Observations
- And the time periods you want.
Click the 'Go' button.
For other relevant information see the Work Stoppages information release page.top
Table 9 Projected labour force of New Zealand, 1991–2061 (2006-base update)
For this table, see the National Labour Force Projections information release page. Go to the most recent release and see table 1 in the Excel file.
Table 10 Projected labour force by age group and sex, 1991–2061 (2006-base update)
For this table, see the National Labour Force Projections information release page. Go to the most recent release and see table 2 in the Excel file.