2001 Census - Key Statistics
2001 Census - Key Statistics, Employment figures
| Status (all people aged 16-74) |
Value |
% |
Eng & Wales
Rank/376
(proportion) |
Regional
Rank/43 |
|
Employed |
81449 |
63.0% |
178 |
11 |
|
Unemployed |
3596 |
2.8% |
193 |
31 |
|
Long-term unemployed |
893 |
0.7% |
223 |
33 |
|
Student (economically active) |
2752 |
2.1% |
219 |
27 |
|
Retired |
17202 |
13.3% |
251 |
34 |
|
Student (economically inactive) |
4764 |
3.7% |
133 |
20 |
|
Looking after home/family |
7067 |
5.5% |
338 |
33 |
|
Permanently sick or disabled |
8658 |
6.7% |
87 |
24 |
|
Other inactive |
3842 |
3.0% |
131 |
23 |
|
All aged 16-74 |
129330 |
100.0% |
|
|
2001 Census - Key Statistics, How people get to work
| Travel to work (all people aged 16-74)
| Value
| %
| Eng & Wales
Rank/376
(proportion)
| Regional
Rank/43 |
|
Travel to work by car |
57417 |
70.5% |
134 |
18 |
|
Travel to work by public transport |
10112 |
12.4% |
103 |
11 |
|
All aged 16-74 in employment |
81449 |
100.0% |
|
|
2001 Census - Key Statistics, Qualifications
| Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) |
Value |
% |
Eng & Wales
Rank/376
(proportion) |
Regional
Rank/43 |
| Qualifications at degree level or higher
| 23226 |
18.0% |
185 |
18 |
|
No qualifications |
37788 |
29.2% |
166 |
29 |
|
All aged 16-74 |
129330 |
100.0% |
|
|
2001 data relates to the population aged 16 to 74 and as such has no comparison in the 1991 data. However, 2001 data shows that Bury had one of the lowest unemployment rates in Greater Manchester and one of the highest proportions of people who travel to work by car.
Produced by Research and Consultation Team, February 2003, Tel 0161 253 5121/6593
Source: National Statistics website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
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