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Labour Market Profile
Worcester

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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 West Midlands
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 93,700 5,381,800 59,216,200
Males 45,900 2,648,100 29,054,100
Females 47,800 2,733,800 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 59,400 63.4 61.0 62.2
Males - working age 30,800 67.2 65.1 66.2
Females - working age 28,600 59.8 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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 46,900 77.6 76.9 78.8
In employment† 46,100 76.3 72.0 74.5
Employees† 41,500 68.6 63.3 64.8
Self employed† 4,600 7.7 8.4 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 2,400 5.0 6.2 5.3
Males
Economically active† 24,500 79.5 82.1 83.3
In employment† 23,800 76.9 76.5 78.6
Employees† 21,500 69.4 63.7 65.1
Self employed† # # 12.5 13.1
Unemployed§ ! ! 6.6 5.6
Females
Economically active† 22,300 75.6 71.2 73.9
In employment† 22,300 75.6 67.0 70.1
Employees† 20,000 67.7 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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 13,200 22.4 23.1 21.2
Wanting a job # # 5.3 5.6
Not wanting a job 9,800 16.7 17.8 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 6,300 20.5 17.9 16.7
Wanting a job # # 4.3 4.6
Not wanting a job 3,800 12.6 13.6 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 6,900 24.4 28.8 26.1
Wanting a job # # 6.4 6.6
Not wanting a job 6,000 21.1 22.4 19.4
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 18,000 39.5 39.3 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 6,300 13.8 14.5 15.5
2 Professional occupations 5,600 12.0 11.8 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 6,100 13.2 12.9 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 11,100 24.5 23.5 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 5,300 11.5 11.6 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 5,800 12.7 11.8 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 6,200 13.5 15.7 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 3,700 7.9 8.0 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs # # 7.6 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 10,200 22.4 21.5 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 5,000 10.8 8.6 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 5,200 11.3 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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 20,800 35.2 24.6 28.6
NVQ3 and above 34,500 58.4 42.0 46.4
NVQ2 and above 43,200 73.2 61.1 64.5
NVQ1 and above 49,100 83.3 75.4 78.1
Other qualifications # # 7.7 8.8
No qualifications 6,800 11.5 17.0 13.1
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (see definitions)
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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  Worcester
(pounds)		 West Midlands
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 471.4 450.0 479.3
Male full-time workers 499.4 488.3 525.0
Female full-time workers 393.8 380.3 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 11.30 11.11 12.01
Male full-time workers 11.82 11.86 12.72
Female full-time workers 10.14 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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 2,597 4.4 5.4 4.1
Males 1,948 6.3 7.7 5.8
Females 649 2.3 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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 760 29.2 28.7 28.9
Aged 25-49 1,365 52.5 54.6 54.8
Aged 50 and over 460 17.8 16.3 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 1,990 76.6 70.4 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 445 17.1 19.5 18.7
Over 12 months 165 6.3 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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  Worcester
(numbers)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 7,540 12.7 15.8 14.2
Job seekers 1,360 2.3 3.2 2.4
Incapacity benefits 3,450 5.8 7.2 7.0
Lone parents 1,060 1.8 2.2 2.0
Carers 620 1.0 1.3 1.1
Others on income related benefits 310 0.5 0.5 0.5
Disabled 610 1.0 1.1 1.0
Bereaved 140 0.2 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 6,170 10.4 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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  Worcester
(jobs)		 Worcester
(density)		 West Midlands
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 55,000 0.94 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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  Worcester
(employee jobs)		 Worcester
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 50,900 - - -
Full-time 33,900 66.6 69.0 69.0
Part-time 17,000 33.4 31.0 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 6,200 12.2 14.0 10.6
Construction 900 1.8 5.1 4.9
Services 43,300 85.1 79.4 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 11,700 23.0 23.3 23.3
Transport & communications 2,500 5.0 5.6 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 9,700 19.0 19.0 21.6
Public admin, education & health 16,600 32.5 26.5 26.9
Other services 2,800 5.5 5.0 5.2
Tourism-related† 3,900 7.6 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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