Main activity of people who are not in the labour force in New Zealand
By sex, 2024 Q4, thousands of people
| Sex | Main activity | Thousands of people |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Looking after a child | 22.1 |
| Male | Looking after an adult | 12.9 |
| Male | Household work for own household | 88.3 |
| Male | Household work for someone else | None |
| Male | Voluntary work | 16.5 |
| Male | Study or training | 79.5 |
| Male | Free-time activities | 225.7 |
| Male | Own care due to sickness / injury / disability | 66.9 |
| Male | Other | 6.0 |
| Male | Not specified | 4.6 |
| Female | Looking after a child | 117.2 |
| Female | Looking after an adult | 22.3 |
| Female | Household work for own household | 149.0 |
| Female | Household work for someone else | 1.6 |
| Female | Voluntary work | 25.1 |
| Female | Study or training | 80.5 |
| Female | Free-time activities | 243.9 |
| Female | Own care due to sickness / injury / disability | 70.8 |
| Female | Other | 5.1 |
| Female | Not specified | 3.7 |
Definitions
Not in the labour force: any person in the working-age population who is neither employed nor unemployed. For example, this residual category includes people who:
- are retired
- have personal or family responsibilities such as unpaid housework and childcare
- attend educational institutions
- are permanently unable to work due to physical or mental disabilities,
- were temporarily unavailable for work in the survey reference week
- are not actively seeking work.
For more information
Data provided by
Dataset name
Household Labour Force Survey: Not in Labour Force by Sex by Main Activity (Quarterly) December 2024
Webpage:
https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Work income and spending > Household Labour Force Survey - HLF > Not in LF by Sex by Main Activity (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. To create this dataset, all variables were selected.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Household Labour Force Survey: Not in Labour Force by Sex by Main Activity (Quarterly) December 2024
From the dataset Household Labour Force Survey: Not in Labour Force by Sex by Main Activity (Quarterly) December 2024, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 4-38
- Columns: 2-66
- Provided: 1,155 data points
This data forms the table Labour Force - Main activity of people not in labour force by sex 2016 Q2–2024 Q4.
Dataset originally released on:
February 05, 2025
Purpose of collection
The primary purpose of the survey is to estimate the number of people employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force (NILF), and from them, the unemployment rate for the New Zealand labour market. The Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) is designed to produce statistics at the family level, and use of the survey for a purpose for which it was not designed is inevitably subject to some limitations.