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Labour Market Profile
Redditch

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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 West Midlands
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 79,600 5,381,800 59,216,200
Males 39,300 2,648,100 29,054,100
Females 40,300 2,733,800 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 50,900 64.0 61.0 62.2
Males - working age 26,500 67.5 65.1 66.2
Females - working age 24,400 60.5 57.1 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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 42,900 79.0 76.9 78.8
In employment† 40,400 74.0 72.0 74.5
Employees† 36,800 67.6 63.3 64.8
Self employed† 3,600 6.4 8.4 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 2,200 5.2 6.2 5.3
Males
Economically active† 23,100 85.0 82.1 83.3
In employment† 21,400 78.7 76.5 78.6
Employees† 18,400 68.4 63.7 65.1
Self employed† 3,000 10.4 12.5 13.1
Unemployed§ # # 6.6 5.6
Females
Economically active† 19,800 72.5 71.2 73.9
In employment† 18,900 68.9 67.0 70.1
Employees† 18,400 66.7 62.8 64.4
Self employed† ! ! 3.9 5.2
Unemployed§ # # 5.6 5.0
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (see definitions)
!Estimate is not available since sample size is disclosive (see definitions)
†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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 10,700 21.0 23.1 21.2
Wanting a job # # 5.3 5.6
Not wanting a job 9,100 17.9 17.8 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 4,000 15.0 17.9 16.7
Wanting a job # # 4.3 4.6
Not wanting a job # # 13.6 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 6,800 27.5 28.8 26.1
Wanting a job ! ! 6.4 6.6
Not wanting a job 6,400 26.2 22.4 19.4
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (see definitions)
!Estimate is not available since sample size is disclosive (see definitions)
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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 15,500 38.4 39.3 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 4,900 12.2 14.5 15.5
2 Professional occupations 4,200 10.5 11.8 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 6,300 15.7 12.9 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 10,300 25.6 23.5 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 4,500 11.0 11.6 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 5,900 14.6 11.8 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 6,200 15.4 15.7 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 4,400 10.8 8.0 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs # # 7.6 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 8,300 20.5 21.5 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 3,200 7.8 8.6 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 5,100 12.6 12.8 11.5
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (see definitions)
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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 12,600 24.7 24.6 28.6
NVQ3 and above 21,700 42.5 42.0 46.4
NVQ2 and above 34,200 67.0 61.1 64.5
NVQ1 and above 40,900 80.1 75.4 78.1
Other qualifications 4,300 8.5 7.7 8.8
No qualifications 5,800 11.4 17.0 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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  Redditch
(pounds)		 West Midlands
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 411.2 450.0 479.3
Male full-time workers 455.6 488.3 525.0
Female full-time workers 368.7 380.3 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 9.99 11.11 12.01
Male full-time workers 10.13 11.86 12.72
Female full-time workers 9.75 10.08 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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 2,820 5.5 5.4 4.1
Males 2,071 7.8 7.7 5.8
Females 749 3.1 2.8 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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 735 26.1 28.7 28.9
Aged 25-49 1,485 52.7 54.6 54.8
Aged 50 and over 595 21.1 16.3 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 2,180 77.3 70.4 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 495 17.6 19.5 18.7
Over 12 months 140 5.0 10.1 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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  Redditch
(numbers)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 6,960 13.7 15.8 14.2
Job seekers 1,230 2.4 3.2 2.4
Incapacity benefits 3,100 6.1 7.2 7.0
Lone parents 980 1.9 2.2 2.0
Carers 630 1.2 1.3 1.1
Others on income related benefits 260 0.5 0.5 0.5
Disabled 620 1.2 1.1 1.0
Bereaved 140 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 5,580 11.0 13.1 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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  Redditch
(jobs)		 Redditch
(density)		 West Midlands
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 49,000 0.95 0.87 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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  Redditch
(employee jobs)		 Redditch
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 41,500 - - -
Full-time 27,300 65.8 69.0 69.0
Part-time 14,200 34.2 31.0 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 9,500 22.8 14.0 10.6
Construction 1,200 3.0 5.1 4.9
Services 30,800 74.1 79.4 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 9,200 22.2 23.3 23.3
Transport & communications 1,700 4.2 5.6 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 10,200 24.6 19.0 21.6
Public admin, education & health 8,100 19.6 26.5 26.9
Other services 1,400 3.5 5.0 5.2
Tourism-related† 1,700 4.2 7.7 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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  Redditch
(pounds)		 West Midlands