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Facts about the South East (2006-2007)

Population: 8,237,800 – compared to 50,762,900 in England

Population of working age: 5,175,600 – compared to 32,293,900 in England

Percentage of population under 16 years: 19.3% – compared to 19.5% in England

Employment rates: 78.4% – compared to 74.3% in England
  • Male employment rates: 83.5% – compared to 79.2% in England
  • Female employment rates: 73.6% – compared to 70.2% in England
Economic activity rate: 82% – compared to 78.6% in England

Economic inactivity rate: 18% – compared to 21.2% in England

Number of unemployed: 197,000 – compared to 1,442,000 in England

Percentage unemployed: 4.6% – compared to 5.6% in England

JSA Claimants: 1.3% of residents of working age – compared to 2.2% in England

Top sectors and percentage of workforce:
  • Public administration, education and health: 25.4%
  • Distribution, hotels and restaurants: 24.6%
  • Finance, IT and other business activities: 24.1%
Total number of business sites (2004): 390,900

Gross weekly pay for full-time workers:
  • Males: £558.80
  • Females: £421.60
Education:
  • Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C at GCSE level or equivalent: 61.4%
  • Full-time staying on rates:  87% for 16 year olds and 77% for 17 year olds


Source: statistics.gov.uk/geograph


Employment by occupation:

SOC 2000 Major group
 South East
 England
 1: managers and senior officials 17.5% 15.5%
 2: professional occupations 14% 13.1%
 3: associate prof & tech occupations 15.4% 14.4%
 4: administrative and secretarial occupations 12.4% 12%
 5: skilled trades occupations 10% 10.8%
 6: personal service occupations 8% 7.9%
 7: sales and customer service occupations 7.2% 7.6
 8: process, plant and machine operatives 5.2% 7.1%
 9: elementary occupations 10.2%11.4%


Sources: Office for National Statistics and nomis (using the Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Claimant Count and Annual Business Inquiry)

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Regional information by sector

This section links to sector specific information for the South East.

South East sources of LMI

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Sub-regional - Kent and Medway

This section contains key statistics for Kent and Medway.

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