10 August 2015
On 31 July 2015:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was 10 higher than the previous month (June 2015), 50 higher than the average (mean) for the preceding three months and 60 lower than a year earlier, July 2014
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,490; this total is 40 higher than in the previous month (June 2015) and 30 lower than twelve months earlier (July 2014). The increases in both the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted ASW totals were largely
driven by a rise in the number of teenagers (aged 16 to 19 years) registered as ASW this month. This age group saw an increase of around 50 individuals compared to the previous month (June 2015), although this figure was 20 lower than the corresponding month in 2014 (July 2014) - long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) accounted for around one in eight (13%) of the total ASW; the number of long-term ASW (190 individuals) was essentially unchanged compared to the previous month (June 2015)
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