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Labour Market Profile
West Lancashire

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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 North West
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 109,800 6,864,300 59,216,200
Males 53,100 3,366,300 29,054,100
Females 56,700 3,497,900 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 65,900 60.0 61.8 62.2
Males - working age 33,800 63.6 65.8 66.2
Females - working age 32,100 56.6 57.9 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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 56,900 82.4 76.8 78.8
In employment† 54,300 78.4 72.1 74.5
Employees† 46,800 68.1 63.6 64.8
Self employed† 6,700 9.7 8.0 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 3,000 5.3 5.9 5.3
Males
Economically active† 29,800 84.5 80.7 83.3
In employment† 28,700 81.3 75.2 78.6
Employees† 22,800 65.4 63.4 65.1
Self employed† 5,300 14.8 11.4 13.1
Unemployed§ # # 6.6 5.6
Females
Economically active† 27,200 80.1 72.5 73.9
In employment† 25,600 75.3 68.7 70.1
Employees† 24,000 70.9 63.9 64.4
Self employed† # # 4.3 5.2
Unemployed§ # # 5.0 5.0
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 11,700 17.6 23.2 21.2
Wanting a job # # 6.0 5.6
Not wanting a job 9,100 13.7 17.2 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 5,300 15.5 19.3 16.7
Wanting a job # # 5.4 4.6
Not wanting a job 4,100 11.9 13.9 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 6,400 19.9 27.5 26.1
Wanting a job # # 6.7 6.6
Not wanting a job 5,000 15.6 20.8 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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 18,200 33.5 40.3 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 4,700 8.6 14.6 15.5
2 Professional occupations 5,300 9.7 11.5 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 8,200 15.1 14.1 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 12,100 22.2 23.0 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 8,700 15.9 12.3 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 3,400 6.3 10.6 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 9,100 16.8 16.4 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 5,600 10.4 8.2 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 3,500 6.4 8.1 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 14,900 27.5 20.3 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 8,200 15.2 8.3 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 6,700 12.3 11.9 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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 13,300 20.2 25.4 28.6
NVQ3 and above 27,400 41.6 44.0 46.4
NVQ2 and above 39,400 59.9 64.0 64.5
NVQ1 and above 51,500 78.3 78.3 78.1
Other qualifications 4,600 6.9 6.7 8.8
No qualifications 9,700 14.8 15.0 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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  West Lancashire
(pounds)		 North West
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 467.4 451.3 479.3
Male full-time workers 482.5 494.1 525.0
Female full-time workers 428.2 389.1 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 11.68 11.40 12.01
Male full-time workers 11.67 12.00 12.72
Female full-time workers 11.63 10.41 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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 2,977 4.5 4.6 4.1
Males 2,196 6.5 6.7 5.8
Females 781 2.4 2.3 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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 935 31.5 31.5 28.9
Aged 25-49 1,590 53.5 54.0 54.8
Aged 50 and over 440 14.7 14.0 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 2,220 74.7 71.7 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 590 19.9 19.8 18.7
Over 12 months 160 5.4 8.6 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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  West Lancashire
(numbers)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 10,060 15.3 17.5 14.2
Job seekers 1,660 2.5 2.8 2.4
Incapacity benefits 4,980 7.6 9.2 7.0
Lone parents 1,230 1.9 2.2 2.0
Carers 900 1.4 1.3 1.1
Others on income related benefits 290 0.4 0.5 0.5
Disabled 790 1.2 1.2 1.0
Bereaved 210 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 8,170 12.4 14.8 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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  West Lancashire
(jobs)		 West Lancashire
(density)		 North West
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 51,000 0.77 0.85 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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  West Lancashire
(employee jobs)		 West Lancashire
(%)		 North West
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 45,600 - - -
Full-time 32,800 72.0 69.2 69.0
Part-time 12,700 28.0 30.8 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 7,700 17.0 12.4 10.6
Construction 1,900 4.3 5.1 4.9
Services 33,800 74.2 81.6 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 10,800 23.8 23.7 23.3
Transport & communications 2,600 5.8 5.6 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 6,400 14.1 19.4 21.6
Public admin, education & health 12,200 26.8 28.2 26.9
Other services 1,700 3.7 4.6 5.2
Tourism-related† 3,000 6.6 8.4 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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  West Lancashire
(pounds)		 North West
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers