Registered Unemployment in the Silesian Voivodeship at the end of March 2012

          The number of the unemployed registered in the local labour offices at the end of March 2012  amounted  to  204,8  thous.  persons  (111,3 thous. of which constituted females), and it was lower than the one observed at the end of the previous month by 1,5 thous. persons.

The  unemployment  rate  at  the  end  of March 2012  comprised  11,0%  of  the economically active civilian population. It was by 2,3 point lower than in the country (13,3%).

At the end of March 2012, the highest number of registered unemployed persons was reported in the cities with poviat status: Częstochowa (14,878), Sosnowiec (11,446) and Bytom (11,431). The lowest number of registered unemployed persons was reported in poviats: bieruńsko-lędziński (1,481), Żory (1,920)  and rybnicki (2,085).

 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 March 2012 amounted to 111,341 which constituted 54,4% of the total number of the registered unemployed persons.

There were 31,351 persons possessing benefit rights, which comprised 15,3% of the total number of the registered unemployed (in the previous month it was 32,374 persons). Among this group of the unemployed 54,8% constituted females.

In March 2012 the number of the newly registered (so called ‘inflow to unemployment’[1]) was 22,072 persons (49,1% of which were females). It was lower than at the end of the same period of the previous month by 1,7 thous. persons, including 4,622 (20,9%) registered for the first time, and 17,450 (79,1%) 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The number of unemployed withdrawn from labour office registers in poviat labour offices (so called ‘outflow from unemployment’[2]) constituted 23,522:

-     9,441 of the unemployed were withdrawn from labour offices registers due to taking up a job;

-     7,827 of the unemployed were withdrawn because of unreadiness to take up a job;

-     2,394 started in traineeships.

The unemployed residents of rural area constituted 21,7% of the total number of persons registered in poviat labour offices (44,496 persons). Only 5,1% (2,283 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 56,2% of the total number of registered unemployed persons at the end of March 2012. Long-term unemployed[3] persons amounted to 44,1%. The share of registered unemployed persons without occupational qualifications constituted 29,4% of the total number of registered unemployed persons, 24,4% of those without professional experience. People over 50 years old -  23,4%, while people aged 25 and below constituted 18,2% of the total number

Women, who after the birth of child did not undertake employment amounted to 20,578. Bringing up single-handed at least one child aged 18 and below (19,803). The disabled persons and the unemployed, who after undergoing imprisonment penalty did not undertake employment constituted respectively 12,463 and 5,083. Effective after a social contract is finished[4] amounted to 319 persons.

In March 2012 the local labour offices received 10,240 vacancies and places for vocational activation. At the end of March, local labour offices had vacancies and places for vocational activation for 7,510 persons (2,3 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 105 persons.

 The unemployed by sex, age and educational level

 

The majority of the unemployed population constituted women. At the end of the I quarter of 2012, the share of women in the total number of the unemployed amounted to 54,4%. The highest number of women among the total unemployed persons was reported in poviat: rybnicki (64,8%), in the cities with poviat status: Rybnik (63,5%) and Żory (63,2%).

 

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 61,5 thous.(30,0%).

The percentage share of registered unemployed persons at the age 45-54 years comprised 20,3%, 35-44 years – 19,4%, 18-24 years – 18,2%, , while persons aged over 54 constituted 12,0%.

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 basic vocational education and lower secondary, primary and incomplete primary education and (their shares amounted 28,1% of the total number of unemployed registered at the end of March 2012). The certificate of completion of post-secondary and vocational secondary schools had 22,8% of the total number of the unemployed, the graduates from tertiary schools constituted 11,6% and general secondary schools completed 9,5%.

 
 REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN LOCAL LABOUR OFFICES BY SUBREGIONS / POVIATS

Subregions / poviats	Registered unemployed persons (31st March 2012)					unemployment rate 31st March 2012 (%)
	total	of total
		women	share of women in the total number of unemployed	unemployed persons entitled to benefit	in rural areas
Silesian Voivodeship	204,804	111,341	54,4	31,351	44,496	11,0
Subregion  bielski	28,741	15,037	52,3	5,512	14,901	10,5
p. bielski	5,831	3,118	53,5	1,309	4,181	10,9
p. cieszyński	7,774	3,949	50,8	1,372	3,943	11,2
p. żywiecki	8,467	4,443	52,5	1,505	6,777	15,9
c. Bielsko-Biała	6,669	3,527	52,9	1,326	0	6,8
Subregion bytomski	23,982	13,258	55,3	2,788	3,948	15,7
p. lubliniecki	3,792	1,970	52,0	609	2,353	14,1
p. tarnogórski	5,873	3,211	54,7	757	1,595	11,9
c. Bytom	11,431	6,402	56,0	1,103	0	20,1
c. Piekary Śląskie	2,886	1,675	58,0	319	0	15,2
Subregion częstochowski	33,526	16,340	48,7	5,848	13,230	15,1
p. częstochowski	8,761	4,207	48,0	1,495	7,472	19,5
p. kłobucki	4,750	2,342	49,3	992	3,662	14,3
p. myszkowski	5,137	2,560	49,8	1,193	2,096	20,1
c. Częstochowa	14,878	7,231	48,6	2,168	0	12,6
Subregion  gliwicki	19,100	10,903	57,1	2,331	1,445	9,7
p. gliwicki	3,669	2,179	59,4	470	1,445	10,0
c. Gliwice	7,154	3,926	54,9	917	0	7,3
c. Zabrze	8,277	4,798	58,0	944	0	13,2
Subregion katowicki	28,394	15,618	55,0	4,335	0	7,9
c. Chorzów	5,145	2,737	53,2	677	0	12,5
c. Katowice	10,286	5,426	52,8	1,597	0	5,0
c. Mysłowice	2,896	1,723	59,5	468	0	9,8
c. Ruda Śląska	4,348	2,584	59,4	735	0	9,2
c. Siemianowice Śląskie	3,181	1,701	53,5	566	0	14,8
c. Świętochłowice	2,538	1,447	57,0	292	0	18,6
Subregion rybnicki	21,584	13,538	62,7	2,840	3,879	9,7
p. raciborski	3,209	1,889	58,9	401	1,147	9,0
p. rybnicki	2,085	1,352	64,8	268	1,142	12,0
p. wodzisławski	5,706	3,601	63,1	751	1,590	11,4
c. Jastrzębie Zdrój	3,924	2,471	63,0	440	0	9,4
c. Rybnik	4,740	3,012	63,5	667	0	8,0
c. Żory	1,920	1,213	63,2	313	0	10,5
Subregion sosnowiecki	37,527	19,803	52,8	5,353	4,103	14,5
p. będziński	7,906	4,225	53,4	1,057	1,618	15,7
p. zawierciański	7,808	3,981	51,0	1,076	2,485	17,7
c. Dąbrowa Górnicza	6,843	3,544	51,8	991	0	12,3
c. Jaworzno	3,524	2,019	57,3	626	0	11,8
c. Sosnowiec	11,446	6,034	52,7	1,603	0	14,6
Subregion tyski	11,950	6,844	57,3	2,344	2,990	6,8
p. mikołowski	3,114	1,704	54,7	566	355	7,8
p. pszczyński	3,362	2,005	59,6	598	2,377	7,3
p. bieruńsko-lędziński	1,481	858	57,9	324	258	5,7
c. Tychy	3,993	2,277	57,0	856	0	6,1

C – city with poviat  status

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