Table 2.

Labour market status by demographic groups in April (%)

	State				Unemployment rate
	NEA	Discouraged	Searching	Employed	Narrow	Broad
Overall	14.22	22.48	14.22	49.08	22.46	42.78
Male	10.65	18.18	13	58.17	18.27	34.90
Female	17.52	26.46	15.34	40.67	27.39	50.69
African/Black	14.46	24.85	14.33	46.37	23.61	45.80
Coloured	13.11	12.69	21.09	53.11	28.42	38.88
Asian/Indian	26.25	17.18	17.56	39	31.05	47.11
White	9.59	11.06	3.49	75.86	4.40	16.09
Traditional	17.28	25.72	16.09	40.91	28.23	50.54
Urban	13.63	21.98	13.99	50.4	21.73	41.65
Farms	15.71	21.52	12.47	50.3	19.87	40.33
Youth (18‐29)	18.78	23.82	20.42	36.98	35.57	54.47
Prime (30‐49)	8.24	21.78	11.86	58.12	16.95	36.66
Older (50‐59)	24.47	21.72	7.68	46.13	14.27	38.92
<matric	17.39	26.17	14.1	42.35	24.98	48.74
matric	14.36	25.02	17.15	43.47	28.29	49.24
matric+	8.8	13.94	11.81	65.45	15.29	28.23

Sample includes only people aged 18‐59. People whose labour market status could not be determined are excluded from the calculations.

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