08 April 2016
On 31 March 2016:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was:
- 110 lower than the previous month
- 110 lower than the average for the preceding three months
- 190 lower than a year earlier
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,380, this total is 120 lower than in the previous month and 180 lower than a year earlier
- both the seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted totals are the lowest recorded since 2011
- the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 230; this total is essentially unchanged compared with the previous month and 30 higher than a year earlier
- there were 350 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed, this includes 110 individuals also classified as long-term ASW
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