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Labour Market Profile
Sunderland

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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 North East
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 280,300 2,564,500 59,216,200
Males 136,600 1,253,800 29,054,100
Females 143,700 1,310,700 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 175,800 62.7 62.0 62.2
Males - working age 91,200 66.8 66.1 66.2
Females - working age 84,600 58.9 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 136,200 76.0 76.4 78.8
In employment† 125,400 69.8 71.0 74.5
Employees† 112,800 62.7 64.1 64.8
Self employed† 11,300 6.3 6.4 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 10,300 7.6 6.9 5.3
Males
Economically active† 73,800 80.1 79.0 83.3
In employment† 68,400 74.1 73.2 78.6
Employees† 58,800 63.8 63.6 65.1
Self employed† 9,000 9.7 9.1 13.1
Unemployed§ 5,400 7.3 7.3 5.6
Females
Economically active† 62,500 71.5 73.4 73.9
In employment† 57,000 65.0 68.6 70.1
Employees† 54,000 61.6 64.6 64.4
Self employed† 2,300 2.6 3.4 5.2
Unemployed§ 5,400 8.7 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 42,100 24.0 23.6 21.2
Wanting a job 15,700 9.0 7.1 5.6
Not wanting a job 26,400 15.1 16.5 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 18,200 19.9 21.0 16.7
Wanting a job 7,300 8.0 7.0 4.6
Not wanting a job 10,900 11.9 14.0 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 23,900 28.5 26.6 26.1
Wanting a job 8,400 10.0 7.3 6.6
Not wanting a job 15,500 18.4 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 41,400 33.2 38.0 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 13,800 11.0 13.1 15.5
2 Professional occupations 10,400 8.3 11.5 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 17,200 13.7 13.2 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 31,800 25.4 22.6 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 15,400 12.3 11.3 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 16,400 13.1 11.1 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 19,400 15.6 17.4 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 9,300 7.4 8.6 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 10,100 8.1 8.8 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 32,200 25.8 22.0 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 15,100 12.1 9.1 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 17,100 13.6 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 38,700 22.1 24.3 28.6
NVQ3 and above 70,800 40.4 44.3 46.4
NVQ2 and above 113,900 65.0 65.5 64.5
NVQ1 and above 142,300 81.2 79.5 78.1
Other qualifications 11,000 6.3 6.7 8.8
No qualifications 21,900 12.5 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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  Sunderland
(pounds)		 North East
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 397.4 421.6 479.3
Male full-time workers 426.7 464.6 525.0
Female full-time workers 354.5 362.9 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 10.18 10.51 12.01
Male full-time workers 10.73 11.30 12.72
Female full-time workers 9.67 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 11,203 6.4 5.4 4.1
Males 8,784 9.6 8.0 5.8
Females 2,419 2.9 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 3,675 32.8 31.4 28.9
Aged 25-49 5,930 53.0 53.2 54.8
Aged 50 and over 1,575 14.0 15.0 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 8,175 73.0 70.8 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 2,250 20.1 20.4 18.7
Over 12 months 775 6.9 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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  Sunderland
(numbers)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 35,710 20.3 18.7 14.2
Job seekers 6,070 3.5 3.3 2.4
Incapacity benefits 19,140 10.9 9.7 7.0
Lone parents 4,100 2.3 2.3 2.0
Carers 2,790 1.6 1.4 1.1
Others on income related benefits 1,180 0.7 0.6 0.5
Disabled 1,950 1.1 1.1 1.0
Bereaved 500 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 30,480 17.3 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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  Sunderland
(jobs)		 Sunderland
(density)		 North East
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 140,000 0.79 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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  Sunderland
(employee jobs)		 Sunderland
(%)		 North East
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 117,100 - - -
Full-time 83,300 71.2 67.8 69.0
Part-time 33,800 28.8 32.2 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 17,400 14.9 12.5 10.6
Construction 5,800 5.0 5.7 4.9
Services 91,600 78.2 80.5 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 23,800 20.4 21.8 23.3
Transport & communications 5,600 4.7 5.2 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 22,600 19.3 16.5 21.6
Public admin, education & health 35,700 30.5 32.2 26.9
Other services 3,900 3.3 4.8 5.2
Tourism-related† 7,600 6.5 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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  Sunderland
(pounds)		 North East
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 432.8 420.6 479.1
Male full-time workers 460.1 464.1 523.5