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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2004
4 Population aged 16-74, employed persons by settled/usual working hours per week1 and unemployed persons by age and sex (LFS). 1000
  Annual average 2003 2004
2003 2004 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
Population 16-74 years 3 257 3 282 3 256 3 256 3 283 3 281 3 281 3 282
Employed persons 2 269 2 276 2 278 2 260 2 255 2 283 2 290 2 274
Short part-time 288 298 266 290 312 306 272 304
Long part-time 311 315 311 316 310 315 315 319
Full-time 1 658 1 654 1 688 1 647 1 626 1 653 1 694 1 643
Unspecified working hours. 11 9 14 7 7 9 10 9
Unemployed persons 107 106 112 98 107 111 111 97
                 
Population 16-19 years 219 227 219 220 226 226 227 227
Employed persons 89 90 98 95 76 86 100 98
Short part-time 55 58 50 52 61 62 48 61
Long part-time 10 10 12 11 5 9 16 8
Full-time 23 22 34 31 10 15 35 29
Unspecified working hours. 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1
Unemployed persons 17 18 18 15 17 19 19 15
                 
Population 20-24 years 273 273 273 274 272 272 273 274
Employed persons 183 182 184 181 178 185 186 177
Short part-time 46 47 38 51 54 49 39 48
Long part-time 24 26 26 24 23 25 29 29
Full-time 111 107 119 105 101 110 117 100
Unspecified working hours. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 19 18 21 15 16 22 17 16
                 
Males 25-54 years 981 979 981 982 979 978 977 980
Employed persons 845 843 843 843 837 844 846 845
Short part-time 26 30 25 25 33 28 27 31
Long part-time 32 34 32 34 34 34 33 34
Full-time 783 777 783 782 768 779 783 777
Unspecified working hours. 3 2 4 2 2 3 3 2
Unemployed persons 38 38 39 38 41 37 37 36
                 
Females 25-54 years 950 951 951 950 950 951 953 952
Employed persons 757 759 760 757 751 760 761 765
Short part-time 100 104 99 99 103 105 101 106
Long part-time 182 183 178 185 185 183 179 185
Full-time 472 470 480 471 461 469 478 471
Unspecified working hours. 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
Unemployed persons 26 27 29 25 26 25 32 25
                 
Males 55-66 years 291 299 290 290 299 300 299 299
Employed persons 202 205 201 198 209 206 204 200
Short part-time 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Long part-time 11 12 12 11 11 12 10 14
Full-time 176 179 176 172 184 180 180 173
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
                 
Females 55-66 years 287 298 287 287 297 297 297 300
Employed persons 170 174 169 167 177 177 171 169
Short part-time 35 36 32 37 37 37 33 35
Long part-time 47 45 46 47 46 45 42 44
Full-time 87 93 89 83 93 94 95 88
Unspecified working hours. 1 1 2 1 - 1 1 1
Unemployed persons 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
                 
Population 67-74 years 255 256 254 252 260 257 256 251
Employed persons 23 23 23 20 26 25 22 20
Short part-time 12 11 11 12 12 11 10 10
Long part-time 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 5
Full-time 6 7 6 4 8 8 6 5
Unspecified working hours. - - - - - - 1 -
Unemployed persons - - - - - - 1 -

1Short part-time = 1-19 working hours. Long part-time = 20-36 working hours, with exception of persons with 32-36 working hours who classify themselves as full-time employed. Full-time = 37 or more working hours, including the exceptions mentioned above.