Luton Labour Market Demographic Profile This summary paper has been prepared in order to understand the demographic profile of Luton residents in the labour market. Please bear in mind that residents work outside Luton as well as in the borough. All data has been taken from the 2007 Annual Population Survey and relates to the residence based data set of the survey. Definitions: Working Age This refers to those aged between 16 and 59 for women and 16 and 64 for men (inclusive). Employed 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 (e.g. on holiday); those on government-supported training and employment programmes; and those doing unpaid family work. 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. Economically Inactive Those not in employment nor unemployed. This group includes, for example, all those who were looking after a home or retired. Employee Those who work for a company and have their National Insurance paid for directly from their wages. Self-employed Those who work for themselves and generally pay their National Insurance themselves.
1. CONTEXT Luton Labour Market Profile In order to ascertain information about those residents who work, it is important to state this in the context of the entire population. The following tables show the size and broad ethnic profile of population of Luton, regardless of employment status. Working Age (16-59(F)/64(M)) in Luton White 69,700 59% +/- 5% Non-White 48,000 41% +/- 5% Working Age 117,700 100% 16+ year olds White 90,600 63% +/- 4% Non-White 54,400 38% +/- 4% 16+ 144,900 100% 16-19 year olds White 7,000 65% +/- 16% Non-White 3,700 35% +/- 16% 16-19 10,700 100% 20-24 year olds White 8,100 54% +/- 16% Non-White 6,700 45% +/- 16% 20-24 14,900 100% 25-49 year olds White 35,800 53% +/- 6% Non-White 31,500 47% +/- 6% 25-49 67,300 100% 50+ year olds White 39,600 76% +/- 6% Non-White 12,500 24% +/- 6% 50+ 52,100 100%
2. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE WORKING AGE POPULATION IN LUTON BY GENDER AND ETHNICITY Number Employed Unemployed Economically Inactive Total Working Age 79,500 7,700 30,500 117,700 White 52,200 3,900 13,600 69,700 Non White 27,300 3,800 16,900 48,000 Working Age Population who are: mixed ethnic group 500 300 n/a 800 Indian 3,600 200 1,300 5,100 Pakistani/Bangladeshi 8,500 1,400 9,900 19,800 Black or Black British 6,500 600 2,700 9,800 other ethnic group 8,300 1,400 2,800 12,500 Working Age Men 47,400 3,500 11,500 62,400 White 30,300 2,000 5,600 37,900 Non White 17,100 1,500 5,900 24,500 Working Age Male Population who are: mixed ethnic group 400 n/a n/a 400 Indian 2,100 100 700 2,900 Pakistani/Bangladeshi 6,600 1,000 3,300 10,900 Black or Black British 3,100 100 1,000 4,200 other ethnic group 5,000 200 900 6,100 Working Age Women 32,100 4,400 19,000 55,500 White 21,900 2,000 8,000 31,900 Non White 10,200 2,400 11,000 23,600 Working Age Female Population who are: mixed ethnic group n/a 500 n/a 500 Indian 1,500 100 600 2,200 Pakistani/Bangladeshi 1,800 500 6,600 8,900 Black or Black British 3,400 600 1,600 5,600 other ethnic group 3,300 1,200 1,900 6,400
Luton Labour Market Profile Column Percentage Employed Unemployed Economically Inactive Total Working Age 100% 100% 100% 100% White 66% 51% 45% 59% Non White 34% 49% 55% 41% Working Age Population who are: mixed ethnic group 1% 4% n/a 1% Indian 5% 3% 4% 4% Pakistani/Bangladeshi 11% 18% 32% 17% Black or Black British 8% 8% 9% 8% other ethnic group 10% 18% 9% 11% Working Age Men 60% 45% 38% 53% White 38% 26% 18% 32% Non White 22% 19% 19% 21% Working Age Male Population who are: mixed ethnic group 1% n/a n/a 0% Indian 3% 1% 2% 2% Pakistani/Bangladeshi 8% 13% 11% 9% Black or Black British 4% 1% 3% 4% other ethnic group 6% 3% 3% 5% Working Age Women 40% 57% 62% 47% White 28% 26% 26% 27% Non White 13% 31% 36% 20% Working Age Female Population who are: mixed ethnic group n/a 6% n/a 0% Indian 2% 1% 2% 2% Pakistani/Bangladeshi 2% 6% 22% 8% Black or Black British 4% 8% 5% 5% other ethnic group 4% 16% 6% 5%
Luton Labour Market Profile Row Percentage Employed Unemployed Economically Inactive Total Working Age 68% 7% 26% 100% White 75% 6% 20% 100% Non White 57% 8% 35% 100% Working Age Population who are: mixed ethnic group 63% 38% n/a 100% Indian 71% 4% 25% 100% Pakistani/Bangladeshi 43% 7% 50% 100% Black or Black British 66% 6% 28% 100% other ethnic group 66% 11% 22% 100% Working Age Men 76% 6% 18% 100% White 80% 5% 15% 100% Non White 70% 6% 24% 100% Working Age Male Population who are: mixed ethnic group 100% n/a n/a 100% Indian 72% 3% 24% 100% Pakistani/Bangladeshi 61% 9% 30% 100% Black or Black British 74% 2% 24% 100% other ethnic group 82% 3% 15% 100% Working Age Women 58% 8% 34% 100% White 69% 6% 25% 100% Non White 43% 10% 47% 100% Working Age Female Population who are: mixed ethnic group n/a 100% n/a 100% Indian 68% 5% 27% 100% Pakistani/Bangladeshi 20% 6% 74% 100% Black or Black British 61% 11% 29% 100% other ethnic group 52% 19% 30% 100%
Luton Labour Market Profile 3. FULL-TIME/PART-TIME BY GENDER AND AGE Number Column Percentage Row Percentage Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time All 63,000 18,200 100% 100% 78% 22% Working Age 62,300 17,100 99% 94% 78% 22% 16-19 1,700 1,600 3% 9% 52% 48% 20-24 6,400 3,000 10% 16% 68% 32% 25-49 41,500 9,200 66% 51% 82% 18% 50+ 13,400 4,400 21% 24% 75% 25% Men 41,500 6,400 66% 35% 87% 13% Working Age 41,400 6,000 66% 33% 87% 13% 16-19 1,000 1,200 2% 7% 45% 55% 20-24 3,600 1,500 6% 8% 71% 29% 25-49 27,600 2,000 44% 11% 93% 7% 50+ 9,300 1,700 15% 9% 85% 15% Women 21,500 11,900 34% 65% 64% 36% Working Age 21,000 11,100 33% 61% 65% 35% 16-19 700 400 1% 2% 64% 36% 20-24 2,800 1,600 4% 9% 64% 36% 25-49 13,900 7,200 22% 40% 66% 34% 50+ 4,100 2,700 7% 15% 60% 40% Note: Some figures may not add due to rounding
4. WORKING AGE EMPLOYMENT TYPE BY GENDER Number Employees Self Employed Other* Total Male 40,100 7,200 100 47,400 Female 30,700 1,200 200 32,100 Total 70,800 8,400 300 79,500 * Government-supported training and employment programmes and those doing unpaid family work Column Percentage Employees Self Employed Other* Total Male 57% 86% n/a 60% Female 43% 14% n/a 40% Total 100% 100% n/a 100% * Government-supported training and employment programmes and those doing unpaid family work Row Percentage Employees Self Employed Other* Total Male 85% 15% 0% 100% Female 96% 4% 1% 100% Total 89% 11% 0% 100% * Government-supported training and employment programmes and those doing unpaid family work For more information on this topic, please visit the Annual Population Survey via www.nomisweb.com Or contact Baljinder Chohan via Baljinder.Chohan@luton.gov.uk