LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2005
13	Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Age. Year	Annual average		2004				2005
	2003	2004	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	107	106	107	111	111	97	110	116
16-24	36	36	33	42	36	31	33	44
25-54	65	65	67	63	69	60	70	65
55-74	6	6	7	6	6	5	8	8
Males	62	62	64	64	61	57	63	63
16-24	20	20	19	22	20	18	18	23
25-54	38	38	41	37	37	36	40	35
55-74	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Females	45	45	43	47	50	40	47	53
16-24	16	16	14	20	16	13	15	21
25-54	26	27	26	25	32	25	30	30
55-74	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
	Per cent
Total	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.1	4.6	4.8
16-24	11.7	11.6	11.4	13.4	11.2	10.3	11.7	14.1
25-54	3.9	3.9	4.1	3.8	4.1	3.6	4.2	3.9
55-74	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.8	1.8
Males	4.9	4.9	5.1	5.0	4.8	4.6	5.0	5.0
16-24	12.5	12.5	12.7	14.0	12.1	11.2	12.3	14.1
25-54	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.0
55-74	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.7	2.0	2.4
Females	4.0	4.0	3.8	4.2	4.4	3.6	4.2	4.7
16-24	10.9	10.6	10.1	12.7	10.3	9.2	11.0	14.1
25-54	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.2	4.0	3.1	3.8	3.8
55-74	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.2

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