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EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS IN SEPTEMBER 1980

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN SEPTEMBER 1980. THESE WERE DERIVED FROM EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS 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 SECTOR AND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

THE OVERALL FIGURES, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1979 AND JUNE 1980, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

EMPLOYMENT IN

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

SEP 79

JUN 80

SEP 80

SEP 80 ON SEP 80 ON

SEP 79 JUN 80

MANUFACTURING

879 700

925 400

892 100

1.4

-3.6

BUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION

(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)

80 100

85 400

86 200

7.6

0.9

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND

AND

HOTELS

417 400

440 900

447 300

7.2

1.4

FINANCE

INSURANCE, REAL

ESTATE AND

BUSINESS SERVICES

109 900(*) 121 300

126 600 15.2

4.3

NOTE: (*) REFERRING TO AUGUST 1979

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1980 WITH THOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME IN 1979, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS LISTED ABOVE. THE GROWTH RATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR WAS PARTICULARLY RAPID- EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 1980, AT 126 600, WAS 15.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN AUGUST 1979.

THE GROWTH RATE OF EMPLOYMENT OF MANUAL WORKERS ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND THE GROWTH RATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR WERE ALSO RAPID, WITH EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER, AT 86 200 AND 447 300 RESPECTIVELY, BEING 7.6 PER CENT AND 7.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THOSE IN SEPTEMBER 1979.

THE GROWTH RATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, HOWEVER, WAS RELATIVELY SLOW. AT 892 100, EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 1980 WAS ONLY 1.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1979. THIS NEVERTHELESS REPRESENTS A NET INCREASE OF 12 400 WORKERS DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER 1980.

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