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Labour Supply, September 2004

Labour Supply in Crewe and Nantwich District (Section 2 of 2)

  Crewe and Nantwich Cheshire North West England & Wales
People who work mainly at or from home
9.91
10.10
8.36
9.19
People aged 16 - 74 in employment who usually travel to work by:
 
 
 
 
Underground; metro; light rail; Tram
0.07
0.12
0.55
3.01
Train
1.66
1.58
1.87
4.08
Bus; Mini Bus or coach
2.51
3.06
8.56
7.40
Motorcycle; Scooter; moped
1.57
1.02
0.92
1.09
Driving a car or van*
60.68
64.79
58.43
55.23
Passenger in a car or van
6.51
6.30
7.50
6.25
Taxi or minicab
0.25
0.45
0.81
0.52
Bicycle
6.83
3.21
2.27
2.76
On foot
9.62
8.87
10.27
10.01
Other**
0.41
0.49
0.46
0.47
Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004, Census 2001.
 
  • The majority of the population travels to work via motorised transport (72%).
  • In Crewe and Nantwich more than double the proportion of people travel to work by bicycle compared to all other areas.
  • Gross Weekly pay is higher than the North West.
  • Cheshire as a whole is expected to experience relatively stable number of people in the labour supply in the short to medium term (2006-2011). Long term trends are for a 4% decline (to 2021).
  • Crewe and Nantwich in contrast is forecasted to see an increase in the short term of 2% with a corresponding 3% medium term increase in the labour Supply. After this peak in the medium term the labour supply is expected to fall, marginally decreasing by 1% in the long term.
Working Age Forecast
Source: Cheshire Current Facts and Figures, Cheshire County Council, 2004.
 
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  • 81.7 percent of persons of working age are economically active, this is higer than both the North West (77.2 percent) and Cheshire (81.5 percent).
  • The employment rate in Crewe and Nantwich is currently 77.5 percent, this is higher than the North West (73.6 percent) but lower than Cheshire (78.8 percent).
 
  All Work Age Male Work Age Females Work Age
All Persons 16+ 69000 33000 36000
Economically Active 57000 28000 30000
Economic Activity Rate 81.70% 83.10% 80.40%
In Employment 53000 26000 27000
% Working Age in Employment 77.5 78.3 76.8
Source: Nomis; Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004.


Sources: Cheshire Current Facts and Figures, Cheshire County Council; Nomisweb, Office for National Statistics.Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland: Licence number C02W0005114.