Table 1 
Labour force characteristics by age group and gender, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by age group and gender, seasonally adjusted
  December
2024
January
2025
Standard error1 December 2024 to January 2025 January 2024 to January 2025 December 2024 to January 2025 January 2024 to January 2025
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
15 years and over, total - gender              
Population 34,285.1 34,340.8 ... 55.7 1,064.3 0.2 3.2
Labour force 22,422.8 22,484.0 32.2 61.2 666.8 0.3 3.1
Employment 20,917.4 20,993.4 32.0 76.0 416.3 0.4 2.0
Full-time employment 17,150.7 17,185.9 42.3 35.2 345.1 0.2 2.0
Part-time employment 3,766.6 3,807.5 38.6 40.9 71.2 1.1 1.9
Unemployment 1,505.5 1,490.6 27.0 -14.9 250.5 -1.0 20.2
Participation rate 65.4 65.5 0.1 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.6 0.1 -0.1 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 61.0 61.1 0.1 0.1 -0.7 ... ...
15 to 24 years, total - gender              
Population 4,993.3 4,999.6 ... 6.3 249.3 0.1 5.2
Labour force 3,137.6 3,153.6 18.2 16.0 167.0 0.5 5.6
Employment 2,693.3 2,723.8 17.0 30.5 63.0 1.1 2.4
Full-time employment 1,364.0 1,395.3 20.7 31.3 44.2 2.3 3.3
Part-time employment 1,329.2 1,328.5 21.7 -0.7 18.8 -0.1 1.4
Unemployment 444.4 429.8 15.4 -14.6 104.0 -3.3 31.9
Participation rate 62.8 63.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 14.2 13.6 0.5 -0.6 2.7 ... ...
Employment rate 53.9 54.5 0.3 0.6 -1.5 ... ...
25 years and over, total - gender              
Population 29,291.8 29,341.1 ... 49.3 815.0 0.2 2.9
Labour force 19,285.2 19,330.4 25.9 45.2 499.8 0.2 2.7
Employment 18,224.1 18,269.6 26.7 45.5 353.3 0.2 2.0
Full-time employment 15,786.7 15,790.6 36.5 3.9 300.9 0.0 1.9
Part-time employment 2,437.4 2,479.0 31.5 41.6 52.4 1.7 2.2
Unemployment 1,061.1 1,060.8 21.8 -0.3 146.5 -0.0 16.0
Participation rate 65.8 65.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.5 0.1 0.0 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 62.3 0.1 0.1 -0.5 ... ...
25 years and over, men              
Population 14,458.2 14,482.0 ... 23.8 424.6 0.2 3.0
Labour force 10,251.4 10,263.8 17.1 12.4 288.5 0.1 2.9
Employment 9,684.2 9,691.5 18.4 7.3 205.3 0.1 2.2
Full-time employment 8,845.3 8,848.3 24.2 3.0 212.5 0.0 2.5
Part-time employment 838.9 843.2 19.7 4.3 -7.2 0.5 -0.8
Unemployment 567.2 572.3 15.8 5.1 83.3 0.9 17.0
Participation rate 70.9 70.9 0.1 0.0 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.6 0.2 0.1 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 67.0 66.9 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
25 years and over, women              
Population 14,833.6 14,859.1 ... 25.5 390.4 0.2 2.7
Labour force 9,033.8 9,066.6 18.1 32.8 211.3 0.4 2.4
Employment 8,539.9 8,578.2 18.1 38.3 148.2 0.4 1.8
Full-time employment 6,941.4 6,942.3 26.4 0.9 88.4 0.0 1.3
Part-time employment 1,598.5 1,635.8 24.2 37.3 59.7 2.3 3.8
Unemployment 494.0 488.5 14.9 -5.5 63.2 -1.1 14.9
Participation rate 60.9 61.0 0.1 0.1 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.5 5.4 0.2 -0.1 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 57.6 57.7 0.1 0.1 -0.6 ... ...
25 to 54 years, total - gender              
Population 16,599.7 16,632.1 ... 32.4 591.2 0.2 3.7
Labour force 14,665.6 14,733.9 24.4 68.3 497.0 0.5 3.5
Employment 13,842.4 13,905.7 26.2 63.3 389.8 0.5 2.9
Unemployment 823.2 828.3 20.3 5.1 107.3 0.6 14.9
Participation rate 88.3 88.6 0.1 0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.6 0.1 0.0 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 83.4 83.6 0.2 0.2 -0.7 ... ...
25 to 54 years, men              
Population 8,400.7 8,417.2 ... 16.5 323.1 0.2 4.0
Labour force 7,706.8 7,738.9 15.8 32.1 290.7 0.4 3.9
Employment 7,277.4 7,305.0 18.0 27.6 234.0 0.4 3.3
Unemployment 429.3 433.9 14.7 4.6 56.7 1.1 15.0
Participation rate 91.7 91.9 0.2 0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.6 0.2 0.0 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 86.6 86.8 0.2 0.2 -0.6 ... ...
25 to 54 years, women              
Population 8,199.0 8,214.9 ... 15.9 268.1 0.2 3.4
Labour force 6,958.8 6,995.0 17.9 36.2 206.2 0.5 3.0
Employment 6,564.9 6,600.7 18.4 35.8 155.8 0.5 2.4
Unemployment 393.9 394.3 13.7 0.4 50.4 0.1 14.7
Participation rate 84.9 85.2 0.2 0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.7 5.6 0.2 -0.1 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 80.1 80.4 0.2 0.3 -0.7 ... ...
55 years and over, total - gender              
Population 12,692.1 12,709.0 ... 16.9 223.8 0.1 1.8
Labour force 4,619.7 4,596.5 20.5 -23.2 2.8 -0.5 0.1
Employment 4,381.7 4,364.0 20.6 -17.7 -36.4 -0.4 -0.8
Unemployment 237.9 232.5 10.6 -5.4 39.2 -2.3 20.3
Participation rate 36.4 36.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.1 0.2 0.0 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 34.5 34.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.9 ... ...
55 years and over, men              
Population 6,057.4 6,064.8 ... 7.4 101.5 0.1 1.7
Labour force 2,544.6 2,524.9 13.6 -19.7 -2.2 -0.8 -0.1
Employment 2,406.8 2,386.5 13.9 -20.3 -28.7 -0.8 -1.2
Unemployment 137.8 138.4 7.8 0.6 26.5 0.4 23.7
Participation rate 42.0 41.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.5 0.3 0.1 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 39.7 39.4 0.2 -0.3 -1.1 ... ...
55 years and over, women              
Population 6,634.6 6,644.2 ... 9.6 122.3 0.1 1.9
Labour force 2,075.1 2,071.6 14.3 -3.5 5.0 -0.2 0.2
Employment 1,975.0 1,977.5 14.3 2.5 -7.6 0.1 -0.4
Unemployment 100.1 94.1 7.1 -6.0 12.7 -6.0 15.6
Participation rate 31.3 31.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.5 0.3 -0.3 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 29.8 29.8 0.2 0.0 -0.6 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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