Insights into Ireland's Regional Labour Markets & Employment Trends
Gain valuable insights into the regional labour markets and employment trends of Ireland in 2013, including key indicators, regional classification, and selected employment data. Discover the employment rates, skilled occupations distribution, and regional employment growth for informed decision-making at both regional and national levels.
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Regional Labour Markets Bulletin 2013 Joan McNaboe Skills and Labour Market Research Unit, SOLAS December 2013 1
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 Ireland
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 Wexford
Key labour market indicators, q1 2013 P/km2 Area km2 POP 000s WAP (15-64) 000s LF 000s E 000s UE 000s E rate UE rate P rate Border 12,200 510 42 324 209 177 32 53% 15.5% 52% Dublin 900 1,268 1,408 866 617 547 70 62% 11.3% 60% Mid-East 6,100 542 89 354 257 221 37 61% 14.3% 62% Midland 6,500 289 44 187 129 107 22 56% 17.1% 57% Mid-West 8,300 378 46 247 174 147 27 58% 15.6% 57% South-East 9,400 503 54 326 229 187 42 55% 18.4% 57% South-West 12,200 670 55 441 312 277 35 61% 11.1% 57% West 13,800 439 32 285 211 184 27 62% 12.9% 59% Ireland 69,400 4,599 66 3,030 2,087 1,796 291 59% 13.7% 58%
Regional employment and employment growth South West Dublin 547 4% West South West 277 4% South East Mid East 221 3% Midlands 187 South East 2% Border 1% West 185 Dublin 1% Border 177 Mid-West -3% Mid West 147 Mid-East -4% Midland 107 -5% 0% 5% 0 200 400 600 800 Quarter 1 2012 Quarter 1 2013 000s 5
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%
Selected key points 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 rate unemployed persons had been mostly employed in skilled trades and elementary occupations across all regions
Selected key points 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 Dublin wholesale and retail was the largest in the Mid East and the Midland regions
Selected key points 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%)
Employment in manufacturing by technology type and region, q1 2013 West South West High tech South East Medium-high Mid West Medium-low Midland Low tech Mid East Dublin Border 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 10
PES Vacancies There were almost 50,000 vacancies advertised on DSP Jobs Ireland Jan-Sept 2013 Elementary Occupations West Operatives South West Sales and Customer Services South East Caring, Leisure & Other Service Mid West Skilled Trades Midland Admin/ Secretarial Mid East Associate professionals Dublin Professionals Border Managers 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 11
PES Job Seekers There were over 176,000 job seekers in September 2013 Elementary Occupations West Operatives South West Sales and Customer Services South East Caring, Leisure & Other Service Mid West Skilled Trades Midland Admin/ Secretarial Mid East Associate professionals Dublin Professionals Border Managers 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 12
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 offer For example, many of the job seekers in trade occupations were construction related, but were often related to chefs for PES vacancies 13
Inter-regionalemployment/residence Mid- East Mid- land Mid- West South- East South- West Border Dublin West Total Employed in same region 83% 94% 55% 75% 87% 84% 95% 85% 85% Employed elsewhere 7% 3% 39% 18% 7% 10% 2% 9% 10% No Answer 10% 3% 6% 7% 6% 6% 3% 6% 5% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 14
Census 2011 Breakdown by county for: Employment/unemployment Sector Occupation Age profile Education levels 15
Overall conclusion 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.)
