Labour Market Profile - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency

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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

  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(numbers)
Wales
(numbers)
Great Britain
(numbers)
Total 45,200 1,892,700 40,987,500
Male 22,100 931,700 20,179,400
Female 23,100 961,000 20,808,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates
Note:   Percentages are based on total population.

Labour Supply

  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(numbers)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 33,900 81.8 77.1 78.8
In employment† 33,100 79.8 74.1 75.8
Employees† 25,300 63.0 65.7 66.3
Self employed† 7,200 16.0 8.1 9.2
Unemployed§ # # 3.8 3.7
Males
Economically active† 18,000 87.0 80.3 82.7
In employment† 17,600 85.5 76.7 79.3
Employees† 12,600 62.9 65.3 67.2
Self employed† 4,900 22.6 11.1 11.8
Unemployed§ # # 4.4 4.0
Females
Economically active† 16,000 76.7 74.0 74.9
In employment† 15,400 74.0 71.6 72.3
Employees† 12,700 63.1 66.1 65.4
Self employed† 2,300 9.3 5.3 6.7
Unemployed§ # # 3.2 3.4
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 aged 16-64
§   -   numbers and % are for those aged 16 and over. % is a proportion of economically active
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(level)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
All people
Total 7,100 18.2 22.9 21.2
Student # # 22.5 26.8
looking after family/home 1,400 20.0 18.0 19.4
temporary sick ! ! 2.5 2.3
long-term sick 1,800 25.5 33.3 26.9
discouraged ! ! # 0.2
retired 1,700 23.8 13.1 12.7
other # # 10.2 11.5
 
wants a job # # 16.4 17.5
does not want a job 5,900 83.1 83.6 82.5
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 aged 16-64
  % is a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64 and gender
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(numbers)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2020 major group 1-3 14,400 43.7 46.7 52.6
1 Managers, directors and senior officials 4,000 12.2 9.3 10.5
2 Professional occupations 6,200 18.7 23.2 27.0
3 Associate professional occupations 4,200 12.8 14.0 14.9
Soc 2020 major group 4-5 7,000 21.1 18.7 18.4
4 Administrative & secretarial occupations 2,800 8.4 9.3 9.6
5 Skilled trades occupations 4,200 12.7 9.3 8.7
Soc 2020 major group 6-7 5,800 17.4 17.2 14.1
6 Caring, leisure and Other Service occupations 2,900 8.6 9.8 7.9
7 Sales and customer service occs 2,900 8.8 7.3 6.1
Soc 2020 major group 8-9 5,900 17.9 17.4 14.9
8 Process plant & machine operatives 2,500 7.6 6.5 5.4
9 Elementary occupations 3,400 10.3 10.8 9.5
Source: ONS annual population survey
Notes:   Numbers and % are for those of 16+
  % is a proportion of all persons in employment
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(level)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
RQF4 and above 17,900 41.1 41.4 45.7
RQF3 and above 29,900 68.7 64.1 66.9
RQF2 and above 36,900 85.0 84.4 85.8
RQF1 and above 37,800 87.0 87.7 88.5
Other qualifications # # 3.5 4.7
No qualifications 4,200 9.6 8.8 6.8
Source: ONS annual population survey
#   Sample size too small for reliable estimate (see definitions)
Notes:   For an explanation of the qualification levels see the definitions section.
  Numbers and % are for those of aged 16-64
  % is a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(pounds)
Wales
(pounds)
Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 632.4 636.1 682.6
Male full-time workers 655.5 671.3 728.3
Female full-time workers 585.4 595.1 628.8
Hourly pay - excluding overtime
Full-time workers 16.71 16.49 17.49
Male full-time workers 16.92 16.79 18.15
Female full-time workers 14.67 15.85 16.64
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis
Notes:   Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.

Out-Of-Work Benefits

Under Universal Credit a broader span of claimants are required to look for work than under Jobseeker's Allowance. As Universal Credit Full Service is rolled out in particular areas, the number of people recorded as being on the Claimant Count is therefore likely to rise.

  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(numbers)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
All people 1,365 3.0 3.4 3.8
Males 730 3.3 3.9 4.5
Females 630 2.7 2.8 3.3
Source: ONS Claimant count by sex and age
Note:   % is the number of claimants as a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64 and gender
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(level)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
Aged 16+ 1,365 3.0 3.4 3.8
Aged 16 to 17 5 0.3 0.3 0.2
Aged 18 to 24 255 4.7 4.9 5.2
Aged 18 to 21 145 4.9 5.2 5.3
Aged 25 to 49 755 3.6 4.0 4.4
Aged 50+ 355 2.1 2.1 2.8
Source: ONS Claimant count by sex and age
Note:   % is number of claimants as a proportion of resident population of the same age
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(numbers)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 5,840 13.0 14.4 11.0
By statistical group
Job seekers 720 1.6 1.4 1.1
ESA and incapacity benefits 3,360 7.5 8.4 6.1
Lone parents 440 1.0 1.2 1.0
Carers 940 2.1 2.2 1.7
Others on income related benefits 100 0.2 0.2 0.2
Disabled 190 0.4 0.7 0.8
Bereaved 80 0.2 0.2 0.2
Main out-of-work benefits† 4,620 10.3 11.3 8.4
Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group
†   Main out-of-work benefits includes the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits. See the Definitions and Explanations below for details
Notes:   % is a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64
  Figures in this table do not yet include claimants of Universal Credit

Labour Demand

  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(employee jobs)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(%)
Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 36,000 - - -
Full-time 22,000 61.1 65.3 68.8
Part-time 14,000 38.9 34.6 31.2
Employee jobs by industry
B : Mining and quarrying 175 0.5 0.2 0.2
C : Manufacturing 1,750 4.9 10.8 7.6
D : Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 30 0.1 0.5 0.4
E : Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 200 0.6 1.0 0.7
F : Construction 2,000 5.6 4.9 4.9
G : Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 4,500 12.5 13.2 14.0
H : Transportation and storage 1,250 3.5 4.2 5.0
I : Accommodation and food service activities 6,000 16.7 8.8 8.0
J : Information and communication 450 1.2 2.4 4.6
K : Financial and insurance activities 350 1.0 3.0 3.3
L : Real estate activities 350 1.0 1.5 1.9
M : Professional, scientific and technical activities 1,750 4.9 5.2 9.1
N : Administrative and support service activities 1,250 3.5 6.8 9.0
O : Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 2,250 6.2 8.2 4.7
P : Education 2,500 6.9 9.1 8.6
Q : Human health and social work activities 9,000 25.0 15.4 13.5
R : Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,500 4.2 2.7 2.4
S : Other service activities 700 1.9 2.0 2.0
Source: ONS Business Register and Employment Survey : open access
-   Data unavailable
Notes:   % is a proportion of total employee jobs excluding farm-based agriculture
  Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces
  Data excludes farm-based agriculture
  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(pounds)
Wales
(pounds)
Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 681.7 633.7 682.6
Male full-time workers 762.3 670.8 728.3
Female full-time workers 627.5 587.2 629.1
Hourly pay - excluding overtime
Full-time workers 17.62 16.33 17.49
Male full-time workers 18.98 16.66 18.14
Female full-time workers 16.61 15.72 16.65
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis
Notes:   Median earnings in pounds for employees working in the area.

Businesses

  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(numbers)
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
(%)
Wales
(numbers)
Wales
(%)
Enterprises
Micro (0 to 9) 3,620 89.9 95,625 89.2
Small (10 to 49) 360 8.9 9,690 9.0
Medium (50 to 249) 40 1.0 1,525 1.4
Large (250+) 5 0.1 340 0.3
Total 4,025 - 107,180 -
Local Units
Micro (0 to 9) 4,060 85.7 107,735 83.3
Small (10 to 49) 585 12.4 17,730 13.7
Medium (50 to 249) 75 1.6 3,340 2.6
Large (250+) 10 0.2 510 0.4
Total 4,735 - 129,310 -
Source: Inter Departmental Business Register (ONS)

Note:   % is as a proportion of total (enterprises or local units)

Definitions and Explanations

Resident Population
The estimated population of an area includes all those usually resident in the area, whatever their nationality. HM Forces stationed outside the United Kingdom are excluded but foreign forces stationed here are included. Students are taken to be resident at their term-time address.
Labour Supply

Labour supply consists of people who are employed, as well as those people defined as unemployed or economically inactive, who can be considered to be potential labour supply. Information in this section relates to the characteristics of people living in an area.

Most labour supply data comes from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS is the largest regular household survey in the United Kingdom. It includes data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), plus further sample boosts in England, Wales and Scotland. The survey includes data from a sample of around 256,000 people aged 16 and over.

As APS estimates are based on samples, they are subject to sampling variability. This means that if another sample for the same period were drawn, a different estimate might be produced. In general, the larger the number of people in a sample, the smaller the variation between estimates. Estimates for smaller areas such as local authorities are therefore less reliable than those for larger areas such as regions. When the sample size is too small to produce reliable estimates, the estimates are replaced with a #.

Economically Active
Economically active:
People who are either in employment or unemployed.
Economic activity rate:
People, who are economically active, expressed as a percentage of all people.
In employment:
People who did some paid work in the reference week (whether as an employee or self employed); those who had a job that they were temporarily away from (eg, on holiday); those on government-supported training and employment programmes; and those doing unpaid family work.
Employment rate:
The number of people in employment expressed as a percentage of all people aged 16-64.
Employees and self employed:
The division between employees and self employed is based on survey respondents' own assessment of their employment status. The percentage show the number in each category as a percentage of all people aged 16-64. The sum of employees and self employed will not equal the in employment figure due to the inclusion of those on government-supported training and employment programmes, and those doing unpaid family work in the latter.
Unemployed:
Refers to people without a job who were available to start work in the two weeks following their interview and who had either looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained.
Unemployment rate:
Unemployed as a percentage of the economically active population.
Economically Inactive
Economically inactive:
People who are neither in employment nor unemployed. This group includes, for example, all those who were looking after a home or retired.
Wanting a job:
People not in employment who want a job but are not classed as unemployed because they have either not sought work in the last four weeks or are not available to start work.
Not wanting a job
People who are neither in employment nor unemployed and who do not want a job.
Occupation
Occupations are classified according to the Standard Occupation Classification 2010. Descriptions of the job titles included in each code are available in the SOC manuals.
Qualifications

Qualifications data are only available from the APS for calendar year periods, for example, Jan to Dec 2022. From Jan to Dec 2022, qualifications are measured using the Registered Qualifications Framework (RQFs). Under RQFs, Trade Apprenticeships are accurately classified to the relevant levels. For Jan to Dec 2021 and prior, qualifications were measured using the National Vocational Qualifications framework (NVQs). The trade apprenticeships were split 50/50 between NVQ levels 2 and 3.

The variables show the total number of people who are qualified at a particular level and above, so data in this table are not additive. Separate figures for each RQF/NVQ level are available in the full Annual Population Survey data set (Query data).

No qualifications
No formal qualifications held.
Other qualifications
includes foreign qualifications and some professional qualifications.
RQF/NVQ 1 equivalent
e.g. fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades A-C, foundation GNVQ, NVQ 1, intermediate 1 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalent.
RQF/NVQ 2 equivalent
e.g. 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C, intermediate GNVQ, NVQ 2, intermediate 2 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalent.
RQF/NVQ 3 equivalent
e.g. 2 or more A levels, advanced GNVQ, NVQ 3, 2 or more higher or advanced higher national qualifications (Scotland) or equivalent.
RQF/NVQ 4 equivalent and above
e.g. HND, Degree and Higher Degree level qualifications or equivalent.
Earnings by Place of Residence

The figures show the median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area who are on adults rates of pay and whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for earnings come from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). The ASHE is based on a 1 per cent sample of employees, information on whose earnings and hours is obtained from employers. The survey does not cover self-employed. Information relates to a pay period in April.

The earnings information collected relates to gross pay before tax, national insurance or other deductions, and excludes payments in kind. It is restricted to earnings relating to the survey pay period and so excludes payments of arrears from another period made during the survey period; any payments due as a result of a pay settlement but not yet paid at the time of the survey will also be excluded.

Out-Of-Work Benefits
Claimant Count (Experimental Statistics)

The Claimant Count is the number of people claiming benefit principally for the reason of being unemployed. This is measured by combining the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and National Insurance credits with the number of people receiving Universal Credit principally for the reason of being unemployed. Claimants declare that they are out of work, capable of, available for and actively seeking work during the week in which the claim is made.

The measure of the number of people receiving Universal Credit principally for the reason of being unemployed is still being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions. Consequently this component of the total Claimant Count does not yet correctly reflect the target population of unemployed claimants and is subject to revisions. For this reason the Claimant Count is currently designated as Experimental Statistics.

The Claimant Count is mostly derived from DWP administrative systems. For various reasons, e.g. a claimant's National Insurance number is not known, a small number of claims have to be dealt with manually. These clerical claims do not have as much detail as the computerised claims and therefore, whilst part of the claimant count by sex table, cannot be included the age breakdown.

Rates by age

Unemployment benefits normally only apply to people aged 18 years and over. They can only be claimed by 16 and 17 year olds in exceptional circumstances. Consequently the counts for this age group are typically very low.

DWP Working-Age Client Group

From August 2017 DWP discontinued this dataset when they changed the way they publish their benefit statistics. The last period of data is the November 2016 figures published in May 2017.

The number of working-age people who are claiming one or more main DWP benefits. The main benefits are: bereavement benefit, carer's allowance, disability living allowance, ESA and incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, income support, jobseeker's allowance, and widow's benefit. The age at which women reach State Pension age is gradually increasing from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and April 2020. Throughout this period, only women below State Pension age are counted as working age benefit claimants."

The total count is broken down by statistical groups. These categorise each person according to the main reason why they are claiming benefit. Each client is classified to a single group.

Benefits are arranged hierarchically and claimants are assigned to a group according to the top most benefit they receive. Thus a person who is a lone parent and receives Incapacity Benefit would be classified as incapacity benefits. Consequently, the group lone parent will not contain all lone parents as some will be included in the incapacity benefits group and Job seekers groups.

Main out-of-work benefits consists of the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits.

These groups have been chosen to best represent a count of all those benefit recipients who cannot be in full-time employment as part of their condition of entitlement. Those claiming solely Bereavement Benefits or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are not included as these are not out-of-work or income based benefits. DLA is paid to those needing help with personal care. These people can, and some will, be in full-time employment. If DLA claimants are also in receipt of JSA, IS, ESA or Incapacity Benefits in addition to DLA they will be counted under the relevant statistical group. In addition, we exclude those claiming solely carer's benefits or claiming carer's benefits alongside income support, as DWP does not pursue active labour market policies for this group. Carers benefits are paid to those with full time caring responsibilities. The group entitled to Carer's benefits alongside Income Support (IS) includes around 86,000 claimants and has been stable over time.

This Nomis series is different to that published in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Labour Market Bulletin. The Nomis series uses DWP Jobseeker's Allowance numbers, whilst the Labour Market Bulletin uses the Claimant Count, using different methods, coverage and reference periods

Labour Demand

Labour demand includes jobs and vacancies available within the area.

Jobs Density

The numbers of jobs per resident aged 16-64. For example, a job density of 1.0 would mean that there is one job for every resident aged 16-64.

The total number of jobs is a workplace-based measure and comprises employee jobs, self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces. The number of residents aged 16-64 figures used to calculate jobs densities are based on the relevant mid-year population estimates.

Employee Jobs

The number of jobs held by employees. Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces, so this count will be smaller than the total jobs figure shown in the Jobs density table. The information comes from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) - an employer survey conducted in September of each year. The BRES records a job at the location of an employee's workplace (rather than at the location of the business's main office).

Full-time and part-time: In the BRES, part-time employees are those working for 30 or fewer hours per week.

Note All figures exclude farm-based agriculture

Earnings by place of work

The figures show the median earnings in pounds for employees working in the area who are on adults rates of pay and whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for earnings come from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). The ASHE is based on a 1 per cent sample of employees, information on whose earnings and hours is obtained from employers. The survey does not cover self-employed. In 2004 information related to the pay period which included 21 April.

The earnings information collected relates to gross pay before tax, national insurance or other deductions, and excludes payments in kind. It is restricted to earnings relating to the survey pay period and so excludes payments of arrears from another period made during the survey period; any payments due as a result of a pay settlement but not yet paid at the time of the survey will also be excluded.

UK Business Counts

The data contained in the table are compiled from an extract taken from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) recording the position of units as at March of the reference year. The IDBR contains information on VAT traders and PAYE employers in a statistical register which provides the basis for the Office for National Statistics to conduct surveys of businesses.

The table presents analysis of businesses at both Enterprise and Local Unit level. An Enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) which has a certain degree of autonomy within an Enterprise Group. An individual site (for example a factory or shop) in an enterprise is called a local unit.

The employment information on the IDBR is drawn mainly from the Business Register Employment Survey (BRES). Because this is based on a sample of enterprises, estimates from previous returns and from other ONS surveys have also been used. For the smallest units, either PAYE jobs or employment imputed from VAT turnover is used.

Estimates in the table are rounded to prevent disclosure.

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