Suffolk Observatory – Economy & Employment – Economy and employment useful resources

Employment rate

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Males aged 16-64	183,400	84.2	1,543,000	82.2	13,948,900	80.2
Females aged 16-64	163,100	74.2	1,417,900	74.4	12,730,700	72.8
All persons aged 16-64	346,500	79.1	2,961,000	78.3	26,679,600	76.5

Full-time and part-time employment

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Persons aged 16-64 in full-time employment	248,900	71.8	2,209,600	74.6	20,118,200	75.4
Persons aged 16-64 in part-time employment	97,200	28.1	748,500	25.3	6,527,700	24.5

Employees and self employed

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Persons aged 16-64 who are employees	294,600	67.3	2,539,600	67.1	22,752,100	65.2
Persons aged 16-64 who are self employed	51,900	11.9	414,000	10.9	3,841,800	11

Public and private sector employment

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Persons employed in public sector as % of all persons in employment	75,300	20.5	637,000	20.5	5,890,800	21.3
Persons employed in private sector as % of all persons in employment	292,500	79.5	2,476,200	79.5	21,795,800	78.7

Number of weekly hours worked

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Persons in employment who work under 10 hours	14,200	3.9	106,400	3.5	904,300	3.3
Persons in employment who work 10-34 hours	114,700	31.7	836,500	27.3	7,276,600	26.9
Persons employment who work 35-44 hours	148,300	41	1,397,800	45.7	12,762,400	47.1
Persons employment who work 45 hours or more	84,200	23.3	719,000	23.5	6,150,100	22.7

Occupation type

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
1: managers, directors and senior officials	48,300	13.1	413,800	13.3	3,321,900	12
2: professional occupations	69,300	18.8	657,400	21.1	6,188,700	22.3
3: associate prof & tech occupations	43,500	11.8	434,400	13.9	4,211,300	15.2
4: administrative and secretarial occupations	35,400	9.6	327,400	10.5	2,726,500	9.8
5: skilled trades occupations	45,500	12.3	318,200	10.2	2,660,300	9.6
6: caring, leisure and other service occupations	40,600	11	275,200	8.8	2,459,300	8.8
7: sales and customer service occupations	24,000	6.5	204,000	6.5	1,878,300	6.8
8: process, plant and machine operatives	20,900	5.7	180,000	5.8	1,584,800	5.7
9: elementary occupations	41,000	11.1	304,300	9.8	2,675,400	9.6

The information shown below is produced from an extract taken from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) recording the position of businesses as at 10 March 2018. Here, the term “business” is used to represent an enterprise. An enterprise can be defined as the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources.

Businesses by employment size

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Large (250+)	110	0.4	995	0.4	9,460	0.4
Medium-sized (50 to 249)	470	1.6	4,000	1.5	36,885	1.5
Small (10 to 49)	2,845	9.5	22,095	8.1	200,445	8.4
Micro (0 to 9)	26,655	88.6	244,305	90	2,144,180	89.7
Total	30,080	100	271,395	100	2,390,970	100

Businesses by industry

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
1 : Agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)	2,645	8.8	11,935	4.4	99,425	4.2
2 : Mining, quarrying & utilities (B,D and E)	135	.5	1,320	.5	12,065	.5
3 : Manufacturing (C)	1,675	5.6	14,345	5.3	117,890	4.9
4 : Construction (F)	4,310	14.3	43,505	16	306,255	12.8
5 : Motor trades (Part G)	1,080	3.6	8,710	3.2	65,915	2.8
6 : Wholesale (Part G)	1,095	3.6	10,545	3.9	89,940	3.8
7 : Retail (Part G)	2,090	7	17,995	6.6	181,235	7.6
8 : Transport & storage (inc postal) (H)	1,590	5.3	13,945	5.1	109,550	4.6
9 : Accommodation & food services (I)	1,780	5.9	13,270	4.9	134,155	5.6
10 : Information & communication (J)	1,555	5.2	22,185	8.2	208,550	8.7
11 : Financial & insurance (K)	520	1.7	5,235	1.9	55,635	2.3
12 : Property (L)	985	3.3	9,510	3.5	91,175	3.8
13 : Professional, scientific & technical (M)	4,230	14.1	44,580	16.4	418,630	17.5
14 : Business administration & support services (N)	2,335	7.8	22,840	8.4	211,430	8.8
15 : Public administration & defence (O)	320	1.1	1,350	.5	7,035	.3
16 : Education (P)	500	1.7	4,755	1.8	40,915	1.7
17 : Health (Q)	1,055	3.5	9,395	3.5	89,605	3.7
18 : Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services (R,S,T and U)	2,170	7.2	15,975	5.9	151,565	6.3

Business survival rate

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Businesses formed in year that survived one year	2,810	91	32,135	90	294,870	89
Businesses formed in year that survived two years	2,300	74	26,990	74	231,145	69
Businesses formed in year that survived three years	1,985	61	20,775	46	192,450	52
Businesses formed in year that survived four years	1,535	50	17,270	49	157,945	46
Businesses formed in year that survived five years	1,375	46	14,515	45	132,975	42

GVA by broad industry group

	Suffolk
ABDE: Agriculture, mining, electricity, gas, water and waste	1,162
C: Manufacturing	2,027
F: Construction	1,412
G: Wholesale and Retail Trade	1,685
H: Transportation and Storage	1,297
I: Accommodation and Food Service	536
J: Information and Communication	843
K: Financial and Insurance	704
L: Real Estate	2,040
M: Professional, Scientific, Technical	883
N: Administrative and Support Services	905
O: Public Administration and Defence	866
P: Education	887
Q: Health and Social Work	1,147
R: Arts, Entertainment, Other Recreation	249
S: Other Services	265
T: Households	135

Apprenticeships are paid jobs that incorporate on-and off-the-job training leading to nationally recognised qualifications. As an employee, apprentices earn as they learn and gain practical skills in the workplace. Apprenticeships achieved refers to the number of apprenticeships successfully completed. As for starts, a person who completes/achieves more than one apprenticeship in a given time period will be counted for each completion. Apprenticeships are assigned to a geographic area based on the home postcode of the learner.

Apprenticeships achieved/completed

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care	N/A	N/A	530	3	4,030	2.2
Arts, Media and Publishing	N/A	N/A	60	0.3	540	0.3
Business, Administration and Law	N/A	N/A	4,610	26.5	46,010	25.1
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment	N/A	N/A	930	5.4	10,880	5.9
Education and Training	N/A	N/A	360	2.1	4,080	2.2
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	N/A	N/A	3,030	17.4	35,390	19.3
Health, Public Services and Care	N/A	N/A	4,450	25.6	46,540	25.4
Information and Communication Technology	N/A	N/A	830	4.8	8,210	4.5
Languages, Literature and Culture	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leisure, Travel and Tourism	N/A	N/A	770	4.4	6,410	3.5
Preparation for Life and Work	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail and Commercial Enterprise	N/A	N/A	1,810	10.4	21,310	11.6
Science and Mathematics	N/A	N/A	20	0.1	180	0.1

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is conducted in April each year to obtain information about the levels, distribution and make-up of earnings and hours worked for employees. This data set provides information about earnings of employees who are living in an area, who are on adult rates and whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. ASHE is based on a sample of employee jobs taken from HM Revenue & Customs PAYE records. Information on earnings and hours is obtained in confidence from employers. ASHE does not cover the self-employed nor does it cover employees not paid during the reference period.

Median annual resident salaries for 2020

	Suffolk	East of England	England
Median - Annual pay - Female Full Time Workers (£)	24,726	28,788	28,090
Median - Annual pay - Female Part Time Workers (£)	10,586	11,230	11,232
Median - Annual pay - Female Total (£)	18,140	20,294	20,512
Median - Annual pay - Male Full Time Workers (£)	33,081	35,716	34,325
Median - Annual pay - Male Part Time Workers (£)	12,043	11,260	10,920
Median - Annual pay - Male Total (£)	30,619	33,189	31,813
Median - Annual pay - Full Time Workers (£)	30,100	32,944	31,766
Median - Annual pay - All Workers (£)	24,157	26,697	26,055

Unemployment rate

	Suffolk	East of England	England
Males	3,700	2	62,300	3.9	630,800	4.3
Females	4,100	2.5	45,500	3.1	487,200	3.7
Total	7,800	2.2	107,800	3.5	1,118,000	4

Economic inactivity by reason

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
Student	18,300	21.9	167,900	23.5	1,859,700	26.3
Looking after family/home	18,700	22.4	153,700	21.5	1,573,200	22.2
Temporary sick	1,700	2	12,000	1.7	126,900	1.8
Long-term sick	19,200	23	150,700	21.1	1,605,700	22.7
Discouraged	N/A	N/A	1,800	0.3	32,300	0.5
Retired	11,800	14.2	112,700	15.8	944,700	13.4
Other	13,800	16.5	115,100	16.1	932,100	13.2

Disability (Equality Act) core level

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Suffolk		East of England		England
EA core or work-limiting disabled	102,300	23.4	788,900	20.9	7,330,800	21
EA core disabled	91,700	20.9	717,400	19	6,755,400	19.4
Work-limiting disabled	74,700	17.1	538,700	14.2	5,135,700	14.7

Monthly claimant counts

	Suffolk	East of England	England
2018-12	8,410	63,435	796,815
2019-01	8,635	66,200	826,180
2019-02	9,250	71,240	875,840
2019-03	9,330	73,410	900,650
2019-04	9,380	74,690	915,240
2019-05	9,480	75,440	922,775
2019-06	9,595	77,570	942,115
2019-07	9,675	78,395	949,770
2019-08	9,880	79,755	965,275
2019-09	9,920	80,070	969,255
2019-10	10,075	82,000	987,540
2019-11	10,330	83,565	998,185
2019-12	10,510	84,750	1,003,150
2020-01	10,815	86,290	1,014,875
2020-02	11,170	89,890	1,050,875
2020-03	11,065	90,675	1,063,505
2020-04	18,915	155,720	1,764,725
2020-05	23,110	214,970	2,264,855
2020-06	22,095	204,015	2,200,615
2020-07	22,530	208,995	2,241,155
2020-08	23,085	213,715	2,282,005
2020-09	22,775	210,400	2,262,510
2020-10	21,830	200,170	2,188,335
2020-11	22,560	206,030	2,248,430

Monthly claimant rate

	Suffolk	East of England	England
2018-12	1.9	1.7	2.3
2019-01	1.9	1.7	2.4
2019-02	2.1	1.9	2.5
2019-03	2.1	1.9	2.6
2019-04	2.1	2	2.6
2019-05	2.1	2	2.6
2019-06	2.2	2	2.7
2019-07	2.2	2.1	2.7
2019-08	2.2	2.1	2.7
2019-09	2.2	2.1	2.8
2019-10	2.3	2.2	2.8
2019-11	2.3	2.2	2.8
2019-12	2.4	2.2	2.9
2020-01	2.4	2.3	2.9
2020-02	2.5	2.4	3
2020-03	2.5	2.4	3
2020-04	4.3	4.1	5
2020-05	5.2	5.7	6.4
2020-06	5	5.4	6.3
2020-07	5.1	5.5	6.4
2020-08	5.2	5.6	6.5
2020-09	5.1	5.6	6.4
2020-10	4.9	5.3	6.2
2020-11	5.1	5.4	6.4

Economy and employment useful resources

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