Union membership of people in paid employment in New Zealand
By age group, 2024 Q4, thousands of people
| Age group | Union membership | Thousands of people |
|---|---|---|
| 15-24 | Union member | 32.2 |
| 15-24 | Not union member | 319.8 |
| 15-24 | Don't know | 13.1 |
| 25-34 | Union member | 109.6 |
| 25-34 | Not union member | 444.3 |
| 25-34 | Don't know | 18.5 |
| 35-44 | Union member | 111.7 |
| 35-44 | Not union member | 400.8 |
| 35-44 | Don't know | 10.1 |
| 45-54 | Union member | 99.7 |
| 45-54 | Not union member | 327.1 |
| 45-54 | Don't know | 9.2 |
| 55-64 | Union member | 102.7 |
| 55-64 | Not union member | 253.9 |
| 55-64 | Don't know | 4.0 |
| 65+ | Union member | 34.9 |
| 65+ | Not union member | 87.7 |
| 65+ | Don't know | 2.1 |
Definitions
Employed: people in the working-age population who, during the reference week, did one of the following:
- worked for one hour or more for pay or profit in the context of an employee/employer relationship or self-employment
- worked without pay for one hour or more in work which contributed directly to the operation of a farm, business, or professional practice owned or operated by a relative
- had a job but were not at work due to: own illness or injury, personal or family responsibilities, bad weather or mechanical breakdown, direct involvement in an industrial dispute, or leave or holiday.
Labour force: members of the working-age population, who during the survey reference week, were classified as 'employed' or 'unemployed’.
Working-age population: the usually resident, non-institutionalised, civilian population of New Zealand aged 15 years and over. This is the target population for this survey.
Union membership: whether an employee belongs to a union in their main job.
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Changes to data collection/processing
This release incorporates revisions to historical household labour force survey data to account for the latest national population estimates. As such, figures published in this update may differ from those previously published.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Household Labour Force Survey: Paid Employees by Union Membership by Sex by Age Group (Quarterly) December 2024
Webpage:
http://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Work income and spending > Household Labour Force Survey - HLF > Paid employees by union membership by sex by age group (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Household Labour Force Survey: Paid Employees by Union Membership by Sex by Age Group (Quarterly) December 2024
From the dataset Household Labour Force Survey: Paid Employees by Union Membership by Sex by Age Group (Quarterly) December 2024, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 5-39
- Columns: 2-168
- Provided: 2,940 data points
This data forms the table Labour Force - Union membership of paid employees by sex by age group 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.