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Labour Market Profile
South Tyneside

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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 North East
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 151,000 2,564,500 59,216,200
Males 73,600 1,253,800 29,054,100
Females 77,400 1,310,700 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 92,700 61.4 62.0 62.2
Males - working age 48,200 65.4 66.1 66.2
Females - working age 44,500 57.5 58.1 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 70,500 74.7 76.4 78.8
In employment† 65,900 69.8 71.0 74.5
Employees† 59,200 63.0 64.1 64.8
Self employed† 5,900 6.2 6.4 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 5,500 7.7 6.9 5.3
Males
Economically active† 36,600 75.9 79.0 83.3
In employment† 33,900 70.2 73.2 78.6
Employees† 29,600 61.4 63.6 65.1
Self employed† 4,200 8.6 9.1 13.1
Unemployed§ 2,700 7.4 7.3 5.6
Females
Economically active† 33,800 73.5 73.4 73.9
In employment† 32,000 69.4 68.6 70.1
Employees† 29,600 64.7 64.6 64.4
Self employed† 1,700 3.5 3.4 5.2
Unemployed§ 1,900 5.5 6.4 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 23,200 25.3 23.6 21.2
Wanting a job 8,400 9.1 7.1 5.6
Not wanting a job 14,800 16.2 16.5 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 11,600 24.1 21.0 16.7
Wanting a job 4,700 9.7 7.0 4.6
Not wanting a job 6,900 14.4 14.0 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 11,600 26.5 26.6 26.1
Wanting a job 3,700 8.4 7.3 6.6
Not wanting a job 7,900 18.1 19.3 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 22,100 33.7 38.0 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 8,200 12.5 13.1 15.5
2 Professional occupations 5,400 8.2 11.5 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 8,500 12.9 13.2 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 14,400 21.9 22.6 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 7,200 10.9 11.3 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 7,200 10.9 11.1 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 12,600 19.2 17.4 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 6,100 9.3 8.6 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 6,500 9.8 8.8 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 16,600 25.3 22.0 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 7,400 11.3 9.1 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 9,200 13.9 12.8 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 20,900 22.8 24.3 28.6
NVQ3 and above 38,900 42.4 44.3 46.4
NVQ2 and above 59,800 65.2 65.5 64.5
NVQ1 and above 73,100 79.6 79.5 78.1
Other qualifications 6,400 6.9 6.7 8.8
No qualifications 12,400 13.5 13.8 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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  South Tyneside
(pounds)		 North East
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 415.1 421.6 479.3
Male full-time workers 451.0 464.6 525.0
Female full-time workers 358.4 362.9 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 10.54 10.51 12.01
Male full-time workers 10.94 11.30 12.72
Female full-time workers 9.47 9.67 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 6,568 7.1 5.4 4.1
Males 5,090 10.6 8.0 5.8
Females 1,478 3.3 2.5 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 2,050 31.2 31.4 28.9
Aged 25-49 3,380 51.5 53.2 54.8
Aged 50 and over 1,120 17.1 15.0 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 4,395 67.0 70.8 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 1,515 23.0 20.4 18.7
Over 12 months 655 10.0 8.7 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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  South Tyneside
(numbers)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 19,850 21.4 18.7 14.2
Job seekers 4,130 4.5 3.3 2.4
Incapacity benefits 9,400 10.1 9.7 7.0
Lone parents 2,740 3.0 2.3 2.0
Carers 1,360 1.5 1.4 1.1
Others on income related benefits 810 0.9 0.6 0.5
Disabled 1,130 1.2 1.1 1.0
Bereaved 280 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 17,080 18.4 15.9 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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  South Tyneside
(jobs)		 South Tyneside
(density)		 North East
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 53,000 0.57 0.78 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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  South Tyneside
(employee jobs)		 South Tyneside
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 41,400 - - -
Full-time 26,100 63.0 67.8 69.0
Part-time 15,300 37.0 32.2 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 5,500 13.3 12.5 10.6
Construction 2,400 5.9 5.7 4.9
Services 33,300 80.4 80.5 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 9,500 22.9 21.8 23.3
Transport & communications 1,600 3.8 5.2 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 6,100 14.6 16.5 21.6
Public admin, education & health 14,000 33.8 32.2 26.9
Other services 2,200 5.3 4.8 5.2
Tourism-related† 3,700 9.0 8.2 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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  South Tyneside
(pounds)		 North East
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 408.5 420.6 479.1
Male full-time workers 446.1 464.1