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Sector and Analysis in Crewe and Nantwich District

Sector
Crewe &
Nantwich
 Cheshire North West England
All people aged 16 - 74 in employment
51527
318586
2900020
22441498
% of this population in:
 
 
 
 
Agriculture; hunting and forestry
2.98
2.25
1.22
1.45
Fishing
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
Mining and quarrying
0.18
0.34
0.16
0.25
Primary Industry Total
3.17
2.6
1.39
1.72
Manufacturing
18.82
18.08
16.89
14.83
Electricity; gas and water supply
0.51
0.63
0.77
0.71
Construction
5.51
5.5
6.49
6.76
Secondary Industry Total
24.84
24.21
24.15
22.3
Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
19.07
17.3
17.82
16.85
Hotels and catering
4.89
4.99
5.13
4.73
Transport; storage & communication
8.69
6.58
6.79
7.09
Financial intermediation
2.58
4.5
3.77
4.8
Real estate; renting and business activities
9.76
13.35
10.8
13.21
Public administration and defense
4
4.03
5.68
5.66
Education
7.49
7.66
7.95
7.74
Health and social work
11.84
10.47
11.97
10.7
Other*
3.68
4.33
4.54
5.2
Service Industry Total
72
73.21
74.45
75.98
Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright, 2004, Census 2001.
  • Secondary industries have a larger proportion of employment compared to the North West and England as a whole.
  • In recent years, a wide range of new companies has been attracted to the District, with a growing high technology, distribution and service sector element, marking a shift away from the more traditional manufacturing and engineering industries. 

GVA figures on per head basis rank Cheshire as being 5th out of 37 NUTS-2 Areas in the UK.

  • GVA is defined as the sum of all incomes earned from productive activity; that is income from employment, self employment, and gross trading profits and rent. This term was previously GDP and was changed to reflect European accounting practice terminology.
Headline1 gross value added(GVA)2 per head by NUTS 2 area at current basic prices
Area 1999 3 2000 3 2001 3
Cheshire
14,822
14,822
15,803
North West
11,997
12,477
13,011
United Kingdom
13,616
14,291
14,852
 
Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright,
Sub-regional Gross Value Added (GVA), 2004.
 
Headline1 gross value added (GVA)2 per head indices by area at current basic prices
 
Area 1999 3 2000 3 2001 3
Cheshire
111
110
109
North West
90
90
90
United Kingdom
100
100
100
 
Source: Office for National Statistics, © Crown Copyright,
Sub-regional Gross Value Added (GVA), 2004.
  • GVA forecasts for Crewe and Nantwich show:
Short term growth of 1.6% per annum
(2000-2005)
Medium term growth of 2.6% per annum (2005-2010)
Long term growth of 2.5% per annum (2010-2015)
     
Overall Growth 2.2% per annum (2000-2015)
Source: Cheshire Current Facts and Figures, Cheshire County Council
 
Notes:
  1. The headline GVA series for this publication have been calculated using a five-period moving average.
  2. Estimates of workplace based GVA allocate income to the region in which commuters work.
  3. Provisional.
  4. Since data is based on current basic prices, car should be taken when interpreting as the effects of inflation wi.ll be included in year on year changes.
  5. Forecast data is inherently uncertain. Projections are based on historical figures and as such are associated with demi-regularities i.e. associations that hold only a proportion of the time. Since the data is historical, new developments that may affect the model and heavily influence the variables are not included. Models used only account for a proportion of the observed change and as such are in no way complete. Hence projections should be treated with caution.
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.