Quarterly National Household Survey Quarter 2 2011

Quarterly National Household Survey Quarter 2 2011

Summary of headline results - Q2 2011

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Number of Persons Unemployed

• There was an annual decrease in employment of 2.0% or 37,800 in the year to the second quarter of 2011 bringing total employment to 1,821,300. This compares with an annual decrease in employment of 2.9% in the previous quarter.
• The annual decrease in employment of 2.0% is the lowest annual decline since the third quarter of 2008 when the number of persons in employment also decreased on an annual basis by 2.0%.

• On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment fell by 3,200 (-0.2%) in the quarter. This follows on from a seasonally adjusted fall in employment of 7,200 (-0.4%) in Q1 2011.

Number of Persons in Employment

• Unemployment increased by 10,900 (+3.7%) in the year to Q2 2011. This brings the total number of persons unemployed to 304,500 with male unemployment increasing by 5,600 (+2.8%) to 205,700 and female unemployment increasing by 5,200 (+5.6%) to 98,800. The unadjusted unemployment rate increased from 13.6% to 14.3% over the year to Q2 2011.
• The long-term unemployment rate increased from 5.9% to 7.7% over the year to Q2 2011. Long-term unemployment accounted for 53.9% of total unemployment in Q2 2011 compared with 43.3% a year earlier and 21.7% in the second quarter of 2009.
• The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 13.9% to 14.2% over the quarter.

Labour Force

• The total number of persons in the labour force in the second quarter of 2011 was 2,125,900, representing a decrease of 26,800 (-1.2%) over the year. This compares with an annual labour force decrease of 50,400 (-2.3%) in Q2 2010.

For further information contact

Brian Ring on 021 453 5747, Tara Davis on 021 453 5093 or Martina O'Callaghan on 021 453 5491
Fax 021 453 5492
E-mail labour@cso.ie

Central Statistics Office                                                             15 September 2011

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