Employment by sector
Why we monitor employment by sector
Waikato Regional Council monitors employment in the Waikato region and compares it with national trends. We analyse employment by industry sector and growth in these sectors.
Economic growth can bring pressures like spreading urban areas, increased demand for water, energy and waste infrastructure, land use changes, and increased freight and passenger transport.
Waikato Regional Council needs to be aware of growth pressures in order to respond appropriately. An example is Future Proof, an integrated growth management strategy, which identifies potential environmental problems which could result from different scenarios of urban, industrial, and rural residential growth.
The employment indicator will assist this process by providing information on trends and changes in Waikato industries.
What's happening?
In June 2020 there were 226,691 people employed by businesses and organisations in the Waikato region, an increase of around 2 percent compared to the previous year.
Results - data and trends
The dashboard below allows you to visualise and compare top ten industries in the region with New Zealand data since 2005. It also allows to understand how individual industries perform since 2005.
Healthcare and social assistance sector is the biggest contributor to the economy in terms of employment. The contribution of this sector has increased steadily overtime from around 9 per cent in 2005 to 11 per cent in 2022.
It is interesting to see that the importance of dairy cattle farming sector in the region is gradually declining (around 6 per cent of the total industry share in 2005 and 4 per cent in the year 2022).
Source: Infometrics
Methods - how we monitor
More information
When this indicator is updated
The indicator is updated annually.
Last updated July 2023
Related documents
T Ashraf, Y Phillips (2012). Waikato regional economic profile. Waikato Regional Council Technical Report 2012/37.
Phillips. (2009). Waikato Economic Report 2009. Waikato Regional Council Technical Report 2009/26.
Market Economics Limited. (2006). Waikato Region Economy-Environment Futures Report. Report prepared for Waikato Regional Council. Waikato Regional Council Technical Report 2006/51.
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