Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2003

Table 4.1 shows Economic Activity in the New Deal for Communities areas compared to West Midlands and England



 

People aged 16-74

   

Economically active

Economically inactive

 

 

All working

Full-time student

Student

 Retired

Permanently sick/disabled

 Looking After Home /Family

Other

Unemployed

All people

Aston

3,822

400

1,077

1,097

976

1630

1,208

1,092

11,302

%

33.8

3.5

9.5

9.7

8.6

14.4

10.7

9.7

 

King’s Norton

3,261

129

206

826

639.0

688

391

475

6,615

%

49.3

2.0

3.1

12.5

9.7

10.4

5.9

7.2

 

Walsall

4,121

131

241

1,064

796.0

786

361

478

7,978

%

51.7

1.6

3.0

13.3

10.0

9.9

4.5

6.0

 

Wolverhampton

4,867

354

931

1,217

893.0

902

816

1,016

10,996

%

44.3

3.2

8.5

11.1

8.1

8.2

7.4

9.2

 

Coventry

1,702

178

407

538

585.0

552

310

364

4,636

%

36.7

3.8

8.8

11.6

12.6

11.9

6.7

7.9

 

Sandwell

3,837

176

418

1,160

750.0

760

500

536

8,137

%

47.2

2.2

5.1

14.3

9.2

9.3

6.1

6.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Midlands

2,255,266

93,765

173,622

525,418

215,493

247,113

127,325

142,782

3,780,784

%

59.7

2.5

4.6

13.9

5.7

6.5

3.4

3.8

 

England

21,650,270

917,582

1,660,564

4,811,595

1,884,901

2,316,229

1,102,095

1,188,855

35,532,091

%

60.9

2.6

4.7

13.5

5.3

6.5

3.1

3.3

 

England & Wales

22,795,520

965,341

1,766,784

5,118,950

2,076,243

2,448,856

1,174,401

1,261,343

37,607,438

%

60.6

2.6

4.7

13.6

5.5

6.5

3.1

3.4

 

Source: Table KS09AN (Census 2001)


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