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Labour Market Profile
Bournemouth

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

All figures are the most recent available.

  Resident population
  Employment and unemployment
  Economic inactivity
  Employment by occupation
  Qualifications
  Earnings by residence
  Working-age benefits
  Jobs (total jobs / employee jobs)
  Jobcentre plus vacancies
  VAT registered businesses
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RESIDENT POPULATION

Total population (2007)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 South West
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 163,200 5,178,000 59,216,200
Males 79,600 2,536,200 29,054,100
Females 83,600 2,641,800 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 101,300 62.1 60.1 62.2
Males - working age 53,300 67.0 64.7 66.2
Females - working age 48,000 57.4 55.7 58.3
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Notes: % is a proportion of total population
Working age includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59

LABOUR SUPPLY

Employment and unemployment (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 81,400 79.2 81.7 78.8
In employment† 77,100 74.7 78.5 74.5
Employees† 65,800 64.4 66.7 64.8
Self employed† 11,000 10.2 11.3 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 4,000 4.9 3.9 5.3
Males
Economically active† 43,200 81.8 85.0 83.3
In employment† 40,700 76.8 81.4 78.6
Employees† 33,000 63.0 65.7 65.1
Self employed† 7,500 13.6 15.2 13.1
Unemployed§ 2,500 5.9 4.1 5.6
Females
Economically active† 38,200 76.3 78.2 73.9
In employment† 36,400 72.4 75.2 70.1
Employees† 32,800 66.0 67.7 64.4
Self employed† 3,500 6.4 6.9 5.2
Unemployed§ 1,800 4.6 3.7 5.0
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

Economic inactivity (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 20,300 20.8 18.3 21.2
Wanting a job 4,600 4.7 5.0 5.6
Not wanting a job 15,700 16.1 13.3 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 9,300 18.2 15.0 16.7
Wanting a job 2,100 4.2 4.3 4.6
Not wanting a job 7,200 14.0 10.8 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 11,000 23.7 21.8 26.1
Wanting a job 2,400 5.3 5.8 6.6
Not wanting a job 8,600 18.5 16.0 19.4
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: Numbers and % are for those of working age
% is a proportion of resident working age population of area and gender

Employment by occupation (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 30,800 40.0 42.3 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 11,200 14.5 16.1 15.5
2 Professional occupations 8,800 11.5 11.8 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 10,800 14.0 14.3 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 18,900 24.5 23.6 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 9,600 12.4 11.2 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 9,300 12.1 12.4 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 15,100 19.6 16.7 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 7,800 10.1 8.7 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 7,300 9.5 7.9 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 12,300 15.9 17.4 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 4,200 5.4 6.1 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 8,100 10.5 11.3 11.5
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)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 27,100 27.8 29.1 28.6
NVQ3 and above 47,300 48.5 49.2 46.4
NVQ2 and above 65,200 66.8 68.1 64.5
NVQ1 and above 76,900 78.9 82.6 78.1
Other qualifications 10,600 10.9 7.9 8.8
No qualifications 10,000 10.2 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 resident working age population of area

Earnings by residence (2008)
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  Bournemouth
(pounds)		 South West
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 434.4 450.8 479.3
Male full-time workers 470.4 498.3 525.0
Female full-time workers 346.1 377.5 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 10.69 11.14 12.01
Male full-time workers 11.43 12.06 12.72
Female full-time workers 9.16 9.94 10.96
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 (May 2009)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 3,921 3.9 3.1 4.1
Males 2,972 5.6 4.4 5.8
Females 949 2.0 1.7 2.2
Source: ONS claimant count with rates and proportions

Note: % is a proportion of resident working age population of area and gender

JSA claimants by age and duration (May 2009)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 985 25.1 29.1 28.9
Aged 25-49 2,265 57.8 52.7 54.8
Aged 50 and over 655 16.7 17.5 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 3,080 78.6 77.4 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 685 17.5 17.3 18.7
Over 12 months 155 4.0 5.4 8.2
Source: ONS claimant count - age and duration

Note: % is a proportion of all JSA claimants

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (August 2008)
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  Bournemouth
(numbers)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 14,740 14.5 11.7 14.2
Job seekers 2,010 2.0 1.5 2.4
Incapacity benefits 8,420 8.3 6.2 7.0
Lone parents 1,860 1.8 1.5 2.0
Carers 780 0.8 0.9 1.1
Others on income related benefits 610 0.6 0.4 0.5
Disabled 860 0.8 1.0 1.0
Bereaved 210 0.2 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 12,900 12.7 9.5 11.9
Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group

†Key out-of-work benefits consists of the groups: job seekers, incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits
Note: % is a proportion of resident working age population of area

LABOUR DEMAND


Jobs density (2006)
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  Bournemouth
(jobs)		 Bournemouth
(density)		 South West
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 96,000 0.96 0.90 0.88
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 (2007)
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  Bournemouth
(employee jobs)		 Bournemouth
(%)		 South West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 77,900 - - -
Full-time 49,300 63.3 65.4 69.0
Part-time 28,600 36.7 34.6 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 2,600 3.3 11.3 10.6
Construction 2,700 3.4 4.8 4.9
Services 72,400 92.9 81.8 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 22,500 28.9 25.3 23.3
Transport & communications 3,800 4.9 5.1 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 20,700 26.5 18.6 21.6
Public admin, education & health 21,800 28.0 28.0 26.9
Other services 3,600 4.6 4.7 5.2
Tourism-related† 9,800 12.6 9.2 8.2
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 (2008)
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  Bournemouth
(pounds)		 South West
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 478.7 445.4 479.1
Male full-time workers 536.8 488.4 523.5
Female