Registered Unemployment in the Silesian Voivodeship at the end of June 2012
The number of the unemployed registered in the local labour offices at the end of June 2012 amounted to 188,6 thous. persons (104,8 thous. of which constituted females), and it was lower than the one observed at the end of the previous month by 5,0 thous. persons.
The unemployment rate at the end of June 2012 comprised 10,2% of the economically active civilian population. It was by 2,2 point lower than in the country (12,4%).
At the end of June 2012, the highest number of registered unemployed persons was reported in the cities with poviat status: Częstochowa (14,296), Sosnowiec (10,627) and Bytom (10,367). The lowest number of registered unemployed persons was reported in poviats: bieruńsko-lędziński (1,280), Żory (1,640) and rybnicki (1,917).
Unemployed persons registered in labour offices
(as of the end of month)
The majority of the unemployed population constituted women. The number of unemployed women at the end of June 2012 amounted to 104,817 which constituted 55,6% of the total number of the registered unemployed persons.
There were 29,647 persons possessing benefit rights, which comprised 15,7% of the total number of the registered unemployed (in the previous month it was 30,061 persons). Among this group of the unemployed 57,1% constituted females.
In June 2012 the number of the newly registered (so called ‘inflow to unemployment’[1]) was 18,676 persons (51,5% of which were females). It was lower than at the end of the same period of the previous month by 1,1 thous. persons, including 4,201 (22,5%) registered for the first time, and 14,475 (77,5%) registered for the subsequent time.
The number of unemployed withdrawn from labour office registers in poviat labour offices (so called ‘outflow from unemployment’[2]) constituted 23,635:
- 9,464 of the unemployed were withdrawn from labour offices registers due to taking up a job;
- 8,804 of the unemployed were withdrawn because of unreadiness to take up a job;
- 1,271 started in traineeships.
The unemployed residents of rural area constituted 21,5% of the total number of persons registered in poviat labour offices (40,518 persons). Only 5,2% (2,095 persons) of the unemployed rural residents are unemployed farm owners.
Unemployed persons with a specific situation on labour market are, among others, without secondary education, who constituted 56,0% of the total number of registered unemployed persons at the end of June 2012. Long-term unemployed[3] persons amounted to 46,2%. The share of registered unemployed persons without occupational qualifications constituted 29,7% of the total number of registered unemployed persons, 23,6% of those without professional experience. People over 50 years old - 24,8%, while people aged 25 and below constituted 16,6% of the total number. Women, who after the birth of child did not undertake employment amounted to 19,958. Bringing up single-handed at least one child aged 18 and below (18,802). The disabled persons and the unemployed, who after undergoing imprisonment penalty did not undertake employment constituted respectively 11,837 and 4,664. Effective after a social contract is finished[4] amounted to 288 persons.
In June 2012 the local labour offices received 8,778 vacancies and places for vocational activation. At the end of June, local labour offices had vacancies and places for vocational activation for 8,058 persons (2,2 thous. comprised vacancies and places for vocational activation not undertaken for a period exceeding one month).
The number of persons dismissed due to company reasons amounted to 1,108 persons.
The unemployed by sex, age and educational level
The majority of the unemployed population constituted women. At the end of the II quarter of 2012, the share of women in the total number of the unemployed amounted to 55,6%. The highest number of women among the total unemployed persons was reported in poviats: Rybnik, wodzisławski (66,2%) and Żory (65,3%).
Structure of registered unemployed persons by sex, (as of the end of quarter)
At the end of the presented period, the largest group among the unemployed constituted persons aged 25-34 years. Their number amounted to 56,2 thous. (29,8%). The percentage share of registered unemployed persons at the age 45-54 years comprised 20,7%, 35-44 years – 19,8%, 18-24 years – 16,6%, while persons aged over 54 constituted 13,1%.
The majority of the unemployed registered in the local labour offices comprised persons with relatively low level of education. The two largest groups among the unemployed constituted persons with lower secondary, primary and incomplete primary education and basic vocational education (their shares amounted 28,2% and 27,8 of the total number of unemployed registered at the end of June 2012). The certificate of completion of post-secondary and vocational secondary schools had 22,9% of the total number of the unemployed, the graduates from tertiary schools constituted 11,4% and general secondary schools completed 9,6%.
REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN LOCAL LABOUR OFFICES BY SUBREGIONS / POVIATS
Subregions / poviats | Registered unemployed persons (30th June 2012) | unemployment rate 30th June 2012 (%) | ||||
total | of total | |||||
women | share of women in the total number of unemployed | unemployed persons entitled to benefit | in rural areas | |||
Silesian Voivodeship | 188,615 | 104,817 | 55,6 | 29,647 | 40,518 | 10,2 |
Subregion bielski | 25,949 | 13,786 | 53,1 | 4,924 | 13,469 | 9,6 |
p. bielski | 5,321 | 2,851 | 53,6 | 1,160 | 3,826 | 10,1 |
p. cieszyński | 6,890 | 3,579 | 51,9 | 1,233 | 3,554 | 10,0 |
p. żywiecki | 7,608 | 4,085 | 53,7 | 1,320 | 6,089 | 14,5 |
c. Bielsko-Biała | 6,130 | 3,271 | 53,4 | 1,211 | 0 | 6,3 |
Subregion bytomski | 22,225 | 12,548 | 56,5 | 2,686 | 3,668 | 14,8 |
p. lubliniecki | 3,516 | 1,891 | 53,8 | 511 | 2,177 | 13,2 |
p. tarnogórski | 5,470 | 3,068 | 56,1 | 667 | 1,491 | 11,1 |
c. Bytom | 10,367 | 5,923 | 57,1 | 1,146 | 0 | 18,6 |
c. Piekary Śląskie | 2,872 | 1,666 | 58,0 | 362 | 0 | 15,1 |
Subregion częstochowski | 31,746 | 15,834 | 49,9 | 5,474 | 12,240 | 14,4 |
p. częstochowski | 8,164 | 4,005 | 49,1 | 1,343 | 6,919 | 18,4 |
p. kłobucki | 4,458 | 2,308 | 51,8 | 903 | 3,389 | 13,6 |
p. myszkowski | 4,828 | 2,469 | 51,1 | 1,147 | 1,932 | 19,1 |
c. Częstochowa | 14,296 | 7,052 | 49,3 | 2,081 | 0 | 12,2 |
Subregion gliwicki | 17,639 | 10,209 | 57,9 | 2,266 | 1,318 | 9,0 |
p. gliwicki | 3,376 | 2,067 | 61,2 | 460 | 1,318 | 9,3 |
c. Gliwice | 6,593 | 3,697 | 56,1 | 916 | 0 | 6,8 |
c. Zabrze | 7,670 | 4,445 | 58,0 | 890 | 0 | 12,3 |
Subregion katowicki | 26,416 | 14,834 | 56,2 | 4,008 | 0 | 7,4 |
c. Chorzów | 4,813 | 2,685 | 55,8 | 572 | 0 | 11,8 |
c. Katowice | 9,853 | 5,211 | 52,9 | 1,468 | 0 | 4,8 |
c. Mysłowice | 2,552 | 1,586 | 62,1 | 423 | 0 | 8,7 |
c. Ruda Śląska | 3,903 | 2,368 | 60,7 | 734 | 0 | 8,3 |
c. Siemianowice Śląskie | 2,896 | 1,556 | 53,7 | 506 | 0 | 13,7 |
c. Świętochłowice | 2,399 | 1,428 | 59,5 | 305 | 0 | 17,8 |
Subregion rybnicki | 18,973 | 12,330 | 65,0 | 2,686 | 3,388 | 8,6 |
p. raciborski | 2,814 | 1,715 | 60,9 | 368 | 952 | 7,9 |
p. rybnicki | 1,917 | 1,247 | 65,0 | 260 | 1,027 | 11,1 |
p. wodzisławski | 4,986 | 3,300 | 66,2 | 688 | 1,409 | 10,1 |
c. Jastrzębie Zdrój | 3,467 | 2,249 | 64,9 | 432 | 0 | 8,4 |
c. Rybnik | 4,149 | 2,748 | 66,2 | 628 | 0 | 7,0 |
c. Żory | 1,640 | 1,071 | 65,3 | 310 | 0 | 9,1 |
Subregion sosnowiecki | 34,921 | 18,918 | 54,2 | 5,418 | 3,916 | 13,7 |
p. będziński | 7,288 | 3,962 | 54,4 | 1,051 | 1,454 | 14,7 |
p. zawierciański | 7,551 | 3,955 | 52,4 | 1,027 | 2,461 | 17,2 |
c. Dąbrowa Górnicza | 6,266 | 3,305 | 52,7 | 981 | 0 | 11,4 |
c. Jaworzno | 3,189 | 1,884 | 59,1 | 702 | 0 | 10,8 |
c. Sosnowiec | 10,627 | 5,812 | 54,7 | 1,657 | 1 | 13,8 |
Subregion tyski | 10,746 | 6,358 | 59,2 | 2,185 | 2 519 | 6,1 |
p. mikołowski | 2,901 | 1,674 | 57,7 | 508 | 293 | 7,3 |
p. pszczyński | 2,833 | 1,764 | 62,3 | 535 | 1 993 | 6,3 |
p. bieruńsko-lędziński | 1,280 | 773 | 60,4 | 296 | 233 | 5,0 |
c. Tychy | 3,732 | 2,147 | 57,5 | 846 | 0 | 5,8 |
C – city with poviat status
Department of Labour Market Observatory, full information : www.wup-katowice.pl
[1] Inflow to unemployment - means the number of persons who were registered in local labour offices during a month, quarter and year.
[2] Outflow from unemployment - means the number of persons who within a year were withdrawn from labour office registeres, due to different reasons, i.e., taking up permanent or seasonal job, starting interventional or public work, unreadiness to work, entering education, acquirement of pension rights, etc.
[3] The long term unemployed - are persons remaining in the register rolls of the local labour office for the overall period of over 12 months during the last two years, excluding (Since November 2005) the periods of traineeship and occupational preparation at the work place.
[4] The category of people with a specific situation on the labour market was added into the form of MPiPS-01 report. Since 1st January 2010, a modified statistical form has started to be effective after a social contract is finished. Beginning from this date, it is possible to obtain data on above-mentioned category.
