Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council
Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council
Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council
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3.1 At work - nationwide<br />
The labour force <strong>in</strong> April <strong>2011</strong> had grown by 122,705 people to 2,232,203 - a 5.8 per cent<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease s<strong>in</strong>ce 2006.<br />
Among the labour force, the numbers of those at work decl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the 5 years by over 6 per<br />
cent to 1,807,369 while the number of people look<strong>in</strong>g for their first job rose by over 16 per<br />
cent to 34,166.<br />
The number of people who were unemployed <strong>in</strong>creased significantly from 150,084 to 390,677.<br />
When comb<strong>in</strong>ed with people look<strong>in</strong>g for their first job the total number of people who were<br />
out of work stood at 424,843 <strong>in</strong> April <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
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