Quarterly National Household Survey Quarter 2 2012

Summary of headline results – Q2 2012

Number of Persons in Employment

• There was an annual decrease in employment of 1.8% or 33,400 in the year to the second quarter of 2012, bringing total employment to 1,787,900.

• On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment fell by 13,700 (-0.8%) in the quarter. This follows on from a seasonally adjusted decrease in employment of 10,300 (-0.6%) in Q1 2012.

Number of Persons Unemployed

• Unemployment increased by 4,000 (+1.3%) in the year to Q2 2012. This brings the total number of persons unemployed to 308,500.

• The long-term unemployment rate increased from 7.7% to 8.8% over the year to Q2 2012. Long-term unemployment accounted for 59.9% of total unemployment in Q2 2012 compared with 53.9% a year earlier and 43.3% in the second quarter of 2010.

• The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged over the quarter at 14.8%.

Labour Force

•  The total number of persons in the labour force in the second quarter of 2012 was 2,096,400, representing a decrease of 29,500 (-1.4%) over the year.

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QNHS (Post Census of Population 2011)

For further information contact

Brian Ring on 021 453 5747, or Martina O'Callaghan at 021 453 5491

Fax 021 453 5492

E-mail labour@cso.ie

Central Statistics Office                                                            19 September 2012

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