ONDAY, APRIL 5, 1982
EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 1981
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN DECEMBER 1981.
THESE WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT COVERING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR- THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS.
A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE OVERALL FIGURES, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1980 AND SEPTEMBER 1981 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
EMPLOYMENT IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY
DEC. 80
SEPT. 81
DEC. 81
DEC. 81 ON
DEC. 80
DEC. 81 ON SEPT. 81
MANUFACTUR ING
907 500
904 600
905 900
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– 0.2
+ 0.1
BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION
(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
90 500
82 700
88 900
1.8
+ 7.4
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
455 100
474 000
483 800
+ 6.3
+ 2.1
FINANCE,
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
131 600
148 900
154 800
+ 17.6
+ 3.9
A COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1981 WITH THOSE FOR THE SIMILAR PERIOD IN 1980, SHOWED THERE WERE INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
THE RAPID GROWTH RATE IN THE FINANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN DECEMBER 1981, AT 154 800 WAS 17.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1980.
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