Skills and Labour Market Research Unit SOLAS December 2013 1 Regional Labour Markets Bulletin 2013 Objective To support decision making process at regional and national level in the areas of education and training provision labour market policies and career guidance by providing data on dema ID: 613608
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Joan McNaboeSkills and Labour Market Research Unit, SOLASDecember 2013
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Regional Labour Markets Bulletin 2013Slide2
Objective
To support decision making process at regional and national level in the areas of education and training provision, labour market policies and career guidance by providing data on demand and supply of skills for the 8 NUTS 3 regions in IrelandSlide3
Regional classification: CSO NUTS3
Border
(1)
Dublin
(5)
Mid-East
(4)
Midland
(3)
Mid-West
(8)
West
(2)
South-East
(6)
South-West
(7)
Cavan
Dublin City
Kildare
Laois
Clare
Galway City
Carlow
Cork City
Donegal
Dublin
County
Meath
Longford
Limerick City
Galway County
Kilkenny
Cork County
Leitrim
Wicklow
Offaly
Limerick County
Mayo
South Tipperary
Kerry
Louth
Westmeath
North Tipperary
Roscommon
Waterford City
Monaghan
Waterford County
Sligo
WexfordSlide4
Key labour market indicators, q1 2013
Area km2
POP 000s
P/km
2
WAP (15-64
) 000s
LF 000s
E 000s
UE 000s
E rate
UE rateP rateBorder12,200510423242091773253%15.5%52%Dublin9001,2681,4088666175477062%11.3%60%Mid-East6,100542893542572213761%14.3%62%Midland6,500289441871291072256%17.1%57%Mid-West8,300378462471741472758%15.6%57%South-East9,400503543262291874255%18.4%57%South-West12,200670554413122773561%11.1%57%West13,800439322852111842762%12.9%59%Ireland69,4004,599663,0302,0871,79629159%13.7%58%Slide5
Regional employment and employment growth
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Selected key points
Employment: in quarter 1 2013,
Dublin and the West region had the highest employment rates at 62%, followed by the Mid East and South West regions (61%)at least 30% of persons in each region were employed in high skilled occupations (managers, professionals and associate professionals); the share in Dublin was even higher at 48%Slide7
Unemployment: in quarter 1 2013,
the highest rates were in the South East (18.4%) and the Midland region (17.1%), while the lowest rates were in the South West (11.1%) and Dublin (11.3%)
Dublin accounted for approximately one quarter of total national unemployment (70,000 persons), although it has a lower than average unemployment rateunemployed persons had been mostly employed in skilled trades and elementary occupations across all regions
Selected key pointsSlide8
Sector: In
quarter 1 2013, industry was the largest sector in each region except Dublin, the Mid East and the Midland regions;
human health was the largest in Dublinwholesale and retail was the largest in the
Mid East and the Midland
regions
Selected key pointsSlide9
Active enterprises:
the wholesale and retail sector
accounted for the largest share of active enterprises in most regions; professional activities accounted for the greatest share in Dublin and construction in the Mid East and West regions
in each region, the vast majority of enterprises employ
fewer than 10 persons
accounting for over 90% of enterprises in all but the Dublin region (88.9%)
Selected key pointsSlide10
Employment in manufacturing by technology type and region, q1 2013
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PES Vacancies
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There were almost
50,000
vacancies advertised on DSP Jobs Ireland Jan-Sept 2013Slide12
PES Job Seekers
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There were over 176,000 job seekers in September 2013Slide13
Although the distribution
in PES vacancies and job seekers is similar across broad occupational groups, the detailed occupations (e.g. job titles) are
different from the vacancies on offerFor example, many of the job seekers in trade occupations were construction related, but were often related to chefs for PES vacancies
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Inter-regional employment/residence
Border
Dublin
Mid-East
Mid-land
Mid- West
South-East
South- West
West
Total
Employed in same region
83%94%55%75%87%84%95%85%85%Employed elsewhere7%3%39%18%7%10%2%9%10%No Answer10%3%6%7%6%6%3%6%5%Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%14Slide15
Census 2011
Breakdown by county for:
Employment/unemploymentSectorOccupationAge profileEducation levels
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Many similarities across regions (e.g. profile of the LR, contribution of construction decline to the labour market difficulties, profile of Public Employment Service vacancies, sourcing of IT and healthcare skills from non-EEA countries etc.)
Many differences across regions (contribution of agriculture to the regional employment, unemployment rate, labour force participation rate, share of white collar occupations in regional employment etc.)
Overall conclusion