July 01, 2020
Māori jobs is strong GFC recovery
Māori and Pacific peoples' employment rates bounced back after the global financial crisis, according to analysis of the 2018 Census.
Stats NZ data delivery senior manager Susan Hollows says between the 2013 and 2018 census non-European ethnicities experiencing higher rates of growth in the proportions of their populations in work than the European ethnicities.
In 2018 some 62.5 percent of Māori were employed, up 5.9 percent on 2013.
That means, 329,166 Māori were employed out of a total population of 527,058 Māori aged 15 years and over.
The national employment rate was 64.7 percent (up 5.5 percent from 2013).
Ms Hollows says population growth was greatest in non-European ethnic groups, with the largest increase recorded for the Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African ethnic group at 51.6 percent.
Asian, Pacific peoples, and Māori followed, up 50.6, 33.1, and 33.0 percent respectively, while the European ethnic group had only a 12.2 percent increase.
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