Area Type Information: Districts

This section gives some information about the type of geographical area to which the area being profiled in this report belongs:

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Economy

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Job Seeker Allowance claimants

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
Total JSA Claimants - April 2010	18,408	18,408	118,792	1,294,910
% change in JSA claimants from same period last year - April 2010	-0.24	-0.24	-2.11	-0.73
Change Indicator: Positive number denotes an increase / Negative number denotes a decrease
Working age population - 2008	498,881	498,881	3,486,000	31,937,600
% of working age population claiming JSA - April 2010	3.69	3.69	3.41	4.05
Source - ONS

Job Centre Vacancies

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
Total unfilled vacancies - April 2010	3,500	3,500	23,204	213,297
Source - ONS

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Employment

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Economic activity rate

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
All Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - June 2009	492,900	492,800	3,446,100	31,781,700
All Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - % Economically active - June 2009	80.91	80.91	81.85	79.04
The date refers to the last month of a 12 month reporting period, e.g. June 2009 equates to July 2008-June 2009.
This data is only available at district area level and above.
Source - Annual population survey (ONS)

Employment/Unemployment rates

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
All Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - June 2009	492,900	492,800	3,446,100	31,781,700
All Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - % In employment - June 2009	76.71	76.72	76.97	73.42
All Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - % Self Employed - June 2009	9.78	9.78	10.22	9.27
Economically active Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - June 2009	398,800	398,700	2,820,600	25,121,600
Economically active Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - % Unemployed - June 2009	5.19	5.19	5.96	7.11
The date refers to the last month of a 12 month reporting period, e.g. June 2009 equates to July 2008-June 2009.
This data is only available at district area level and above.
Source - Annual population survey (ONS)

Employment by Broad Occupation Group

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
All people aged 16+ In employment - June 2009	402,700	402,600	2,793,000	24,463,700
All people aged 16+ In employment - % in broad occupation group SOC 1-3 - June 2009	40.13	40.14	44.96	44.22
All people aged 16+ In employment - % in broad occupation group SOC 4-5 - June 2009	22.85	22.85	21.92	21.71
All people aged 16+ In employment - % in broad occupation group SOC 6-7 - June 2009	15.55	15.55	14.88	15.72
All people aged 16+ In employment - % in broad occupation group SOC 8-9 - June 2009	21.38	21.36	17.95	18.00
The date refers to the last month of a 12 month reporting period, e.g. March 2009 equates to April 2008-March 2009.
This data is only available at district area level and above.
Source - Annual population survey (ONS)

Jobs density

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
Jobs density - 2007	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.84
Total jobs - 2007	400,000	402,000	2,807,000	26,606,000
Working age people (aged 16-59/64) - 2007	494,442	494,442	3,454,200	31,791,700
Jobs density data is only available at district area level and above.
Please note figures may not sum due to rounding.
Source - ONS

Annual Business Inquiry employee analysis

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
Total Full Time Workers - 2008	209,078	202,676	1,607,960	15,930,400
Total Part Time Workers - 2008	121,538	120,326	784,760	7,143,290
ABI data is only available at district area level and above.
Norfolk county figures are aggregates from which farm agriculture (SIC class 0100) have been excluded. Due to this some figures may not sum.
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Source - ONS

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Income

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Weekly full time earnings of employees

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
NI 166 - Median weekly full time earnings of employees in the area (workplace based) - 2009	N/A	445.2	479.1	495.2
Median weekly full time earnings of employees in the area (residence based) - 2009	N/A	446.1	509.4	496.0
This data is only available at district and county area levels.
Source - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings - ONS

Household income

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
Total No of households - 2009	383,816	383,816	2,485,450	22,403,100
___- % with an income under £10K	8.69	8.69	6.28	7.14
___- % with an income under £20K	33.13	33.13	25.54	28.13
___- % with an income £10K to £20K	24.44	24.44	19.26	20.99
___- % with an income over £20K	66.85	66.85	74.45	71.86
___- % with an income £20K to £30K	24.31	24.31	21.90	22.47
___- % with an income £30K to £50K	27.51	27.51	29.86	28.80
___- % with an income over £50K	15.04	15.04	22.69	20.59
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Mean household income (£0,000) - 2009	31	31	37	35
Source: CACI

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VAT Registrations

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VAT Registrations

	Selected Areas	Norfolk	East of England	England
Adult population - 2006	689,827	689,827	4,528,860	41,089,000
VAT Registrations Per 10,000 Adult population
___- VAT reg per 10,000 adult pop	30.59	30.66	38.63	38.77
___- Agriculture industry group - VAT reg per 10,000 adult pop	1.16	1.30	0.74	0.64
___- Construction & other industry groups - VAT reg per 10,000 adult pop	27.47	27.69	35.83	36.15
___- Production industry groups - VAT reg per 10,000 adult pop	1.67	1.67	2.05	1.98
Stock
___- Total stock (end of year)	26,905	26,910	196,400	1,665,630
___- Total stock (end of year) - agriculture industry group	3,320	3,335	12,080	93,815
___- Total stock (end of year) - construction & other industry group	21,215	21,235	167,925	1,438,460
___- Total stock (end of year) - production industry group	2,350	2,330	16,365	133,210
Business formation rate
___- Total stock: % VAT registrations	7.84	7.86	8.91	9.57
___- Agriculture industry group stock: % VAT registrations	2.41	2.70	2.77	2.79
___- Construction & other industry group stock: % VAT registrations	8.93	9.00	9.66	10.33
___- Production industry group stock: % VAT registrations	4.89	4.94	5.68	6.11
VAT registrations are only avaialble County, District and Adult Social Service Localities
Source - Small Business Service Statistics Team

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