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Industry of employment

2001 census data on the industry of employment of persons, males and females aged 16-74 years

Persons

England & Wales

South West

Bournemouth UA

Poole UA

Dorset

Christchurch

East Dorset

North Dorset

Purbeck

West Dorset

Weymouth and Portland

All people aged 16 - 74 in employment

23,627,754

2,286,108

72,395

64,217

172,441

18,143

37,060

28,730

20,333

39,912

28,263

Agriculture; hunting; forestry

355,242

56,932

463

435

5,746

185

920

1,499

594

2,321

227

Fishing

5,770

1,812

7

41

164

11

13

8

31

49

52

Mining & quarrying

59,391

7,573

57

100

524

15

58

59

204

74

114

Manufacturing

3,534,146

318,894

7,138

10,250

22,287

2,209

5,108

4,177

2,668

4,946

3,179

Electricity; gas and water supply

171,695

17,604

293

347

730

92

175

87

106

161

109

Construction

1,600,059

165,428

5,289

4,736

13,775

1,474

2,997

2,406

1,611

3,135

2,152

Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles

3,975,371

391,820

13,287

11,152

28,612

3,387

6,519

4,318

2,902

6,466

5,020

Hotels and catering

1,125,429

128,037

5,577

3,016

10,136

1,166

1,579

1,169

1,672

2,365

2,185

Transport storage and communication

1,655,384

141,506

4,957

3,964

8,757

1,169

2,175

1,241

992

1,673

1,507

Financial intermediation

1,117,011

97,367

6,660

4,928

6,513

1,138

2,601

713

811

760

490

Real estate; renting and business activities

3,065,284

261,225

8,245

7,048

18,496

2,150

4,502

2,740

2,232

4,264

2,608

Public administration and defence

1,351,471

161,011

2,721

3,224

14,939

745

1,911

3,486

1,700

3,193

3,904

Education

1,832,881

172,768

5,094

4,229

13,740

1,263

2,896

2,750

1,538

3,305

1,988

Health and social work

2,554,943

252,112

8,442

7,607

19,127

2,201

3,809

2,499

2,116

5,084

3,418

Other

1,223,677

112,019

4,165

3,140

8,895

938

1,797

1,578

1,156

2,116

1,310


Males

England & Wales

South West

Bournemouth UA

Poole UA

Dorset

Christchurch

East Dorset

North Dorset

Purbeck

West Dorset

Weymouth and Portland

All males aged 16 - 74 in employment

12,791,618

1,241,161

38,958

34,826

93,864

9,760

19,927

16,231

11,091

21,542

15,313

Agriculture; hunting; forestry

266,810

42,328

364

341

4,307

152

680

1,129

443

1,718

185

Fishing

4,944

1,632

7

39

152

10

12

8

27

46

49

Mining & quarrying

51,585

6,749

51

87

466

15

48

48

185

69

101

Manufacturing

2,586,194

236,970

5,576

7,794

16,473

1,755

3,743

2,956

1,932

3,651

2,436

Electricity; gas and water supply

124,131

13,005

238

293

640

73

145

74

97

149

102

Construction

1,437,785

149,997

4,865

4,321

12,411

1,340

2,588

2,198

1,448

2,853

1,984

Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles

2,049,460

200,229

6,917

5,616

14,585

1,758

3,432

2,225

1,467

3,339

2,364

Hotels and catering

474,115

51,966

2,807

1,386

4,122

519

634

412

676

912

969

Transport storage and communication

1,192,433

101,820

3,582

2,927

6,256

850

1,525

873

699

1,213

1,096

Financial intermediation

530,045

42,953

3,042

2,193

3,050

488

1,308

349

363

330

212

Real estate; renting and business activities

1,738,634

147,801

4,761

4,072

10,760

1,232

2,611

1,493

1,310

2,507

1,607

Public administration and defence

740,560

98,857

1,385

1,879

9,630

409

1,137

2,598

1,111

1,907

2,468

Education

524,699

49,584

1,608

1,128

3,781

344

736

779

433

937

552

Health and social work

498,516

46,124

1,717

1,427

3,150

362

559

403

343

916

567

Other

571,707

51,146

2,038

1,323

4,081

453

769

686

557

995

621


Females

England & Wales

South West

Bournemouth UA

Poole UA

Dorset

Christchurch

East Dorset

North Dorset

Purbeck

West Dorset

Weymouth and Portland

All females aged 16 - 74 in employment

10,836,136

1,044,947

33,437

29,392

78,577

8,382

17,132

12,499

9,242

18,370

12,950

Agriculture; hunting; forestry

88,432

14,604

99

94

1,439

33

240

370

151

603

42

Fishing

826

180

-

3

12

-

-

-

4

3

3

Mining & quarrying

7,806

824

6

13

58

-

10

11

19

5

13

Manufacturing

947,952

81,924

1,562

2,456

5,814

454

1,365

1,221

736

1,295

743

Electricity; gas and water supply

47,564

4,599

55

54

90

19

30

13

9

12

7

Construction

162,274

15,431

424

415

1,364

134

409

208

163

282

168

Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles

1,925,911

191,591

6,370

5,536

14,027

1,629

3,087

2,093

1,435

3,127

2,656

Hotels and catering

651,314

76,071

2,770

1,630

6,014

647

945

757

996

1,453

1,216

Transport storage and communication

462,951

39,686

1,375

1,037

2,501

319

650

368

293

460

411

Financial intermediation

586,966

54,414

3,618

2,735

3,463

650

1,293

364

448

430

278

Real estate; renting and business activities

1,326,650

113,424

3,484

2,976

7,736

918

1,891

1,247

922

1,757

1,001

Public administration and defence

610,911

62,154

1,336

1,345

5,309

336

774

888

589

1,286

1,436

Education

1,308,182

123,184

3,486

3,101

9,959

919

2,160

1,971

1,105

2,368

1,436

Health and social work

2,056,427

205,988

6,725

6,180

15,977

1,839

3,250

2,096

1,773

4,168

2,851

Other

651,970

60,873

2,127

1,817

4,814

485

1,028

892

599

1,121

689

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