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Labour Market Profile
Wyre Forest

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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 West Midlands
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 98,600 5,381,800 59,216,200
Males 48,700 2,648,100 29,054,100
Females 49,900 2,733,800 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 59,200 60.1 61.0 62.2
Males - working age 31,500 64.7 65.1 66.2
Females - working age 27,800 55.6 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 48,900 77.6 76.9 78.8
In employment† 46,700 73.8 72.0 74.5
Employees† 41,100 65.1 63.3 64.8
Self employed† 5,700 8.7 8.4 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 2,300 4.7 6.2 5.3
Males
Economically active† 26,500 81.7 82.1 83.3
In employment† 25,400 78.3 76.5 78.6
Employees† 20,300 61.9 63.7 65.1
Self employed† 5,200 16.4 12.5 13.1
Unemployed§ # # 6.6 5.6
Females
Economically active† 22,400 73.0 71.2 73.9
In employment† 21,300 68.8 67.0 70.1
Employees† 20,800 68.8 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 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 10,000 16.9 17.8 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 5,700 18.3 17.9 16.7
Wanting a job # # 4.3 4.6
Not wanting a job 4,000 12.7 13.6 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 7,500 27.0 28.8 26.1
Wanting a job # # 6.4 6.6
Not wanting a job 6,000 21.7 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 17,900 38.4 39.3 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 5,900 12.7 14.5 15.5
2 Professional occupations 4,300 9.1 11.8 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 7,700 16.6 12.9 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 11,200 24.0 23.5 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 5,500 11.8 11.6 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 5,700 12.2 11.8 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 7,400 15.9 15.7 15.7
6 Personal service occupations # # 8.0 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 4,000 8.5 7.6 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 10,100 21.7 21.5 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 3,700 8.0 8.6 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 6,400 13.7 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 12,000 20.3 24.6 28.6
NVQ3 and above 21,100 35.7 42.0 46.4
NVQ2 and above 32,200 54.4 61.1 64.5
NVQ1 and above 45,700 77.3 75.4 78.1
Other qualifications 5,000 8.5 7.7 8.8
No qualifications 8,400 14.2 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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  Wyre Forest
(pounds)		 West Midlands
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 405.0 450.0 479.3
Male full-time workers 434.5 488.3 525.0
Female full-time workers 328.6 380.3 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 10.47 11.11 12.01
Male full-time workers 11.02 11.86 12.72
Female full-time workers 8.76 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 2,652 4.5 5.4 4.1
Males 1,937 6.2 7.7 5.8
Females 715 2.6 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 745 28.2 28.7 28.9
Aged 25-49 1,330 50.2 54.6 54.8
Aged 50 and over 560 21.1 16.3 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 2,110 79.5 70.4 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 445 16.8 19.5 18.7
Over 12 months 100 3.7 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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  Wyre Forest
(numbers)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 8,070 13.6 15.8 14.2
Job seekers 1,250 2.1 3.2 2.4
Incapacity benefits 4,080 6.9 7.2 7.0
Lone parents 980 1.7 2.2 2.0
Carers 670 1.1 1.3 1.1
Others on income related benefits 350 0.6 0.5 0.5
Disabled 570 1.0 1.1 1.0
Bereaved 160 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 6,670 11.3 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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  Wyre Forest
(jobs)		 Wyre Forest
(density)		 West Midlands
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 39,000 0.66 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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  Wyre Forest
(employee jobs)		 Wyre Forest
(%)		 West Midlands
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 34,000 - - -
Full-time 22,000 64.7 69.0 69.0
Part-time 12,000 35.3 31.0 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 5,900 17.4 14.0 10.6
Construction 1,700 5.0 5.1 4.9
Services 26,000 76.3 79.4 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 10,200 30.0 23.3 23.3
Transport & communications 1,200 3.4 5.6 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 4,700 13.7 19.0 21.6
Public admin, education & health 8,100 23.8 26.5 26.9
Other services 1,800 5.4 5.0 5.2
Tourism-related† 3,600 10.5 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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  Wyre Forest
(pounds)