| Labour market
Population:
2004: 73,096
2005: 74,586
Population increase (as compared to the previous year): 2%
Demographic structure:
data from 31st December 2004
- pre-working age: 20.2%
- working age: 65.3%
- retired age: 14.5%
Employment in total:
2002: 21,005
2003: 20,370
2004: 20,183
Employment in specific economic sectors:
data from 31st December 2004
- agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing: 0.9%
- industrial sektor (mining, industrial processing, production and supply of electricity, gas and water, construction): 42.5%
- commercial services (trade, repairs, hotels, restaurants, transport, warehousing, communications, financial services, real estate, business assistance, other services and municipal, social and individual activities): 32.2%
- non-commercial services (public administration, national defence, obligatory social and health insurance, education, health care and welfare work, household employment ): 24.4%
Average monthly pay (PLN):
2002: 1,736.06 (in Ostrów Wielkopolski District)
2003: 1,782.56 (in Ostrów Wielkopolski District)
2004: 1,878 (in Ostrów Wielkopolski District)
Unemployment rate:
2002: 13.93%
2003: 13.4%
2004: 12.1%
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