FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1981
EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCY STATISTICS FOR MARCH 1981
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN MARCH 1981.
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 MARCH 1981 AND DECEMBER 1980 ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
EMPLOYMENT IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SECTOR OF
THE ECONOMY
MAR 80
DEC 80
MAR 81
MAR 81 ON MAR 81 ON
MAR 80 DEC 80
MANUFACTURING
883 800
907 500 889 100
+0.6
-2.0
BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON SITES ONLY) 81 600
87 300
87 400
+7.2
+0.2
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL IMPORT
AND EXPORT, AND
RESTAURANTS AND
HOTELS
424 300
455 100
458 700
+8.1
+0.8
FINANCE
INSURANCE. REAL
ESTATE AND
BUSINESS
SERVICES
116 000+ 131 600*
134 000 +15.6
+1.9
NOTE + REFERRING TO FEBRUARY 1980
* REVISED FIGURE DUE TO REPORTING ERRORS
COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1981 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME TIME IN 1980, THERE WERE INCREASES IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS LISTED ABOVE. THE RAPID GROWTH RATE IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED- EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN MARCH 1981, AT 134 000, WAS 15.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN FEBRUARY 1980.
THE GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO CONTINUED, WITH EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH 1981 AT 458 700 AND 87 400 RESPECTIVELY. BEING 8.1 PER CENT AND 7.2 PËR CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1980. THE GROWTH RATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR APPEARED TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN. AT 889 100 EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN MARCH 1981 WAS 0.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1980.
/COMPARING MARCH
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