Regional labour market overview report at a glance

Published: 5 February 2007

Description:

The annual Regional Labour Market Overview report provides an overview of labour market trends and characteristics in Regional Council areas in a single report.

Full reports:

Regional Labour Market Overview HTML | PDF [16 pages, 94KB]

Summary

The Regional Overview report considers five key aspects of regional labour market performance: population, labour force participation, employment, unemployment and advertised job vacancies. 

Key messages of the Regional Overview Report are:

• In recent years, strength in the national labour market improved labour market performance across all regions.
• Every region currently has an unemployment rate at or below 5%.
• Regions such as Northland and Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay, which have tended in the past to have comparatively weaker labour markets, have experienced significant improvements in terms of employment, unemployment and labour force participation.
• Stronger regional labour market performance has been accompanied by a reduction in the disparities between regions’ labour market performance. 

Related information

Related Links:
Underlying information in the Regional Overview report was sourced from:

• Statistics New Zealand [external link]
• Department of Labour (Job Vacancy Monitor)

The Joint MSD/DoL Quarterly Regional Labour Market Reports provide regularly updated labour market information at a regional level.

An in-depth analysis of regional labour markets in the Annual In Depth Regional Reports

Further context and interpretation of labour market data can be found in Labour Market Reports.

Future updates:

This is the first Regional Labour Market Overview report published by the Department of Labour – the next update is due in early 2008.

Author/Contact details:

For further information please contact the Regional Labour Market Analysis team