Registered unemployment report December 2012
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
23 Jan 2013
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
There were 1,840 people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in December 2012.
The latest report also shows that:
- on 31 December 2012, both the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey were at the highest level recorded to date
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work in Jersey was 50 higher than a month earlier (November 2012); 120 higher than the average for the preceding three months
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,840. This latest monthly total is 20 higher than a month earlier (November 2012) and 300 higher than that of a year earlier (December 2011)
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) now accounts for more than a sixth of total ASW
- 320 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW. 110 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme
Download Registered Actively Seeking Work report December 2012 (size 506kb)