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Labour Market Profile
Stroud

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.

Employment and unemployment

Economic inactivity

Employment by occupation

Qualifications

Working-age benefits

Jobs (total jobs / employee jobs)

Jobcentre plus vacancies

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Employment and unemployment (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)

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	Stroud (numbers)	Stroud (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people
Economically active^†	58,600	89.1	81.7	78.8
In employment^†	57,400	87.1	78.5	74.5
Employees^†	42,300	64.8	66.7	64.8
Self employed^†	14,600	21.5	11.3	9.3
Unemployed^§	#	#	3.9	5.3
Males
Economically active^†	30,800	91.4	85.0	83.3
In employment^†	30,000	88.8	81.4	78.6
Employees^†	20,100	60.4	65.7	65.1
Self employed^†	9,900	28.5	15.2	13.1
Unemployed^§	#	#	4.1	5.6
Females
Economically active^†	27,800	86.7	78.2	73.9
In employment^†	27,400	85.3	75.2	70.1
Employees^†	22,200	69.6	67.7	64.4
Self employed^†	4,700	14.0	6.9	5.2
Unemployed^§	!	!	3.7	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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	Stroud (numbers)	Stroud (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people
Economically inactive	6,700	10.9	18.3	21.2
Wanting a job	#	#	5.0	5.6
Not wanting a job	5,600	9.0	13.3	15.6
Males
Economically inactive	#	#	15.0	16.7
Wanting a job	!	!	4.3	4.6
Not wanting a job	#	#	10.8	12.0
Females
Economically inactive	3,900	13.3	21.8	26.1
Wanting a job	!	!	5.8	6.6
Not wanting a job	3,400	11.5	16.0	19.4

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)
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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	Stroud (numbers)	Stroud (%)	South West (%)	Great Britain (%)