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Labour Market Profile
Bristol

The profile brings together data from several sources. Details about these and related terminology are given in the definitions section.

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Resident population
In employment / unemployed
Economically inactive
Employment by occupation
Qualifications
Earnings by residence
Working-age benefits
Jobs (total jobs / employee jobs)
VAT registered businesses

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RESIDENT POPULATION

Total population (2006)

	Bristol (numbers)	South West (numbers)	Great Britain (numbers)
All people	410,500	5,124,100	58,845,700
Males	203,600	2,505,600	28,840,600
Females	206,900	2,618,500	30,005,200

Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2006)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people - working age	277,200	67.5	60.2	62.2
Males - working age	144,700	71.1	64.5	66.1
Females - working age	132,500	64.1	56.0	58.6

Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Note:

% is a proportion of total population

LABOUR SUPPLY

Economically active (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people
Economically active^†	221,100	76.7	81.5	78.6
In employment^†	211,700	73.3	78.2	74.4
Employees^†	183,800	63.9	66.7	64.6
Self employed^†	27,700	9.3	11.0	9.3
Model-based unemployed^§	11,500	5.1	3.9	5.2
Males
Economically active^†	119,000	80.0	84.8	83.2
In employment^†	113,500	76.2	81.2	78.6
Employees^†	96,000	64.7	65.7	65.0
Self employed^†	17,500	11.5	15.0	13.2
Unemployed^§	5,500	4.6	4.1	5.5
Females
Economically active^†	102,100	73.1	77.9	73.5
In employment^†	98,200	70.1	75.0	69.8
Employees^†	87,800	63.0	67.8	64.2
Self employed^†	10,200	6.9	6.5	5.1
Unemployed^§	3,900	3.8	3.7	4.9

Source: ONS annual population survey

†	numbers are for those aged 16 and over, % are for those of working age (16-59/64)
§	numbers and % are for those aged 16 and over. % is a proportion of economically active

Economically inactive (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people
Economically inactive	64,900	23.3	18.5	21.4
Wanting a job	18,700	6.7	5.0	5.4
Not wanting a job	46,200	16.6	13.4	16.1
Males
Economically inactive	29,000	20.0	15.2	16.8
Wanting a job	8,700	6.0	4.5	4.4
Not wanting a job	20,300	14.0	10.8	12.4
Females
Economically inactive	35,900	26.9	22.1	26.5
Wanting a job	9,900	7.5	5.7	6.4
Not wanting a job	26,000	19.5	16.4	20.1

Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes:	Numbers and % are for those of working age
	% is a proportion of total working age population

Employment by occupation (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3	102,700	48.5	42.7	42.9
1 Managers and senior officials	29,200	13.8	15.6	15.3
2 Professional occupations	39,700	18.7	12.5	13.0
3 Associate professional & technical	33,800	16.0	14.6	14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5	44,800	21.2	23.6	22.6
4 Administrative & secretarial	26,200	12.4	11.6	11.7
5 Skilled trades occupations	18,600	8.8	12.0	10.8
Soc 2000 major group 6-7	34,500	16.3	15.6	15.6
6 Personal service occupations	16,400	7.7	8.3	8.0
7 Sales and customer service occs	18,100	8.5	7.3	7.6
Soc 2000 major group 8-9	29,600	14.0	17.9	18.6
8 Process plant & machine operatives	9,500	4.5	6.5	7.2
9 Elementary occupations	20,100	9.5	11.4	11.4

Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes:	Numbers and % are for those of 16+
	% is a proportion of all persons in employment

Qualifications (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
NVQ4 and above	101,500	36.5	29.1	28.6
NVQ3 and above	145,900	52.4	49.2	46.4
NVQ2 and above	188,800	67.8	68.1	64.5
NVQ1 and above	224,600	80.7	82.6	78.1
Other qualifications	24,000	8.6	7.9	8.8
No qualifications	29,800	10.7	9.5	13.1

Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes:	For an explanation of the qualification levels see the definitions section.
	Numbers and % are for those of working age
	% is a proportion of total working age population

Earnings by residence (2007)

	Bristol (pounds)	South West (pounds)	Great Britain (pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers	438.9	433.4	459.0
Male full-time workers	474.2	480.0	500.7
Female full-time workers	379.1	364.2	394.8
Hourly pay
Full-time workers	11.23	10.77	11.50
Male full-time workers	11.84	11.59	12.17
Female full-time workers	10.07	9.57	10.48

Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis

Note:

Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.

WORKING-AGE BENEFITS

The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.

Total JSA claimants (July 2008)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people	5,601	2.0	1.4	2.3
Males	4,121	2.8	1.9	3.2
Females	1,480	1.1	0.8	1.3

Source: ONS claimant count with rates and proportions

Note:

% is a proportion of resident working age people

JSA claimants by age and duration (July 2008)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24	1,645	29.5	30.8	30.9
Aged 25-49	3,180	57.1	51.0	53.3
Aged 50 and over	675	12.1	17.1	15.1
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months	4,235	76.0	79.3	72.8
Over 6 up to 12 months	825	14.8	12.8	15.7
Over 12 months	515	9.2	7.9	11.5

Source: ONS claimant count - age and duration

Note:

% is a proportion of all JSA claimants

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (February 2008)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
Total claimants	39,430	14.2	11.6	14.1
Job seekers	5,030	1.8	1.4	2.2
Incapacity benefits	21,570	7.8	6.3	7.1
Lone parents	6,590	2.4	1.5	2.0
Carers	2,320	0.8	0.9	1.0
Others on income related benefits	1,070	0.4	0.4	0.5
Disabled	2,340	0.8	0.9	1.0
Bereaved	510	0.2	0.3	0.3

Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group

Note:

% is a proportion of resident working age people

LABOUR DEMAND

Jobs density (2005)

	Bristol (jobs)	Bristol (density)	South West (density)	Great Britain (density)
Jobs density	262,000	0.96	0.86	0.84

Source: ONS jobs density

Notes:	The density figures represent the ratio of total jobs to working-age population.
	Total jobs includes employees, self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces

Employee jobs (2006)

	Bristol (employee jobs)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
Total employee jobs	229,600	-	-	-
Full-time	154,800	67.4	64.6	68.9
Part-time	74,800	32.6	35.4	31.1
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing	13,900	6.1	11.4	10.9
Construction	8,300	3.6	4.5	4.8
Services	206,400	89.9	82.2	82.9
Distribution, hotels & restaurants	48,900	21.3	25.7	23.5
Transport & communications	10,200	4.4	4.8	5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities	69,000	30.1	18.2	21.2
Public admin, education & health	67,000	29.2	28.5	26.9
Other services	11,400	5.0	5.0	5.3
Tourism-related^†	15,100	6.6	9.4	8.3

Source: ONS annual business inquiry employee analysis

-	Data unavailable
†	Tourism consists of industries that are also part of the services industry (see the definitions section)
Notes:	% is a proportion of total employee jobs
	Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces

Earnings by workplace (2007)

	Bristol (pounds)	South West (pounds)	Great Britain (pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers	460.1	427.8	458.6
Male full-time workers	542.8	476.5	500.0
Female full-time workers	393.1	363.3	394.8
Hourly pay
Full-time workers	11.92	10.63	11.49
Male full-time workers	13.19	11.47	12.14
Female full-time workers	10.51	9.53	10.48

Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis

Note:

Median earnings in pounds for employees working in the area.

BUSINESSES

VAT registered businesses (2006)

	Bristol (numbers)	Bristol (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
Registrations	1,340	10.8	8.6	9.4
Deregistrations	940	7.6	6.6	7.4
Stock (at end of year)	12,385	-	-	-

Source: BERR - vat registrations/deregistrations by industry

Note:

% is a proportion of stock (at end of year)

Definitions and Explanations

RESIDENT POPULATION

The estimated population of an area includes all those usually resident in the area, whatever their nationality. HM Forces stationed outside the United Kingdom are excluded but foreign forces stationed here are included. Students are taken to be resident at their term-time address.

Working age includes males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to

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RESIDENT POPULATION

Total population (2006)

Working age population (2006)

LABOUR SUPPLY

Economically active (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

Economically inactive (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

Employment by occupation (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

Qualifications (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)

Earnings by residence (2007)

WORKING-AGE BENEFITS

Total JSA claimants (July 2008)

JSA claimants by age and duration (July 2008)

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (February 2008)

LABOUR DEMAND

Jobs density (2005)

Employee jobs (2006)

Earnings by workplace (2007)

BUSINESSES

VAT registered businesses (2006)

Definitions and Explanations

RESIDENT POPULATION

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