Population and Employment Statistics for York, UK

Business statistics for York:
Population & employment

These statistics are provided by the City of York Council

Population

Age	Male	Female	Total	Percent of population
Under 5s	5,200	4,900	10,000	5.7
5 –14	10,800	10,200	21,000	12.0
15–19	5,000	4,900	9,900	5.7
20–24	6,000	6,200	12,200	7.0
25–34	14,900	13,500	28,400	16.3
35-59/64 *	31,500	27,600	59,100	33.9
60/65-74 *	7,200	13,500	20,700	11.9
75+	4,600	8,600	13,100	7.5
TOTAL	85,100	89,300	174,400	100.0

* The figures for 35-59/64 include men aged 35 to 64 and women aged 35 to 60. The figures for 60/65-74 include men aged 65 to 74 and women aged 60 to 74 years. This reflects the different retirement ages for men and women and therefore gives a better indication of the working population of York. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

Employment

Economically Active Residents	Male	Female	Total
City of York Council area	50,130	39,673	89,803
York travel to work area	61,026	49,931	110,957
North Yorkshire	209,381	151,218	360,599

This includes people aged between 16 and 60 (65 for men) currently employed, self-employed, on Government training or employment schemes and those who are temporarily sick or unemployed.

Numbers employed	Male	Female	Total
City of York Council area	36,803	39,234	76,036
York travel to work area	46,829	45,310	92,139
North Yorkshire	134,122	133,434	267,556

Unemployed	June 1995		June 1996
	total	%	total	%
City of York Council area(Benefit recipients)	5,503	6.4	5,105	5.9
City of York Council area(Jobseekers*)	7,959	9.4	7,760	9.2
York travel to work area	6,482	6.6	6,083	6.2
North Yorkshire	13,056	6.6	12,757	6.4
United Kingdom	2.212m	8.3	2.2m	7.9

* The figures for jobseekers are based on the number of people in an area who are seeking work rather than those who are entitled to and receiving unemployment benefits payments only.

Types of employment	1987 actual		1991 actual		2006 forecast
	total	%	total	%	total	%
Agriculture	1,546	2.1	1,105	1.4	1,079	1.1
Energy supply extraction	1,267	1.7	2,215	2.9	1,038	1.1
Manufacturing	16,177	21.6	13,786	17.9	10,541	11.2
Construction	4,607	6.1	4,791	6.2	4,735	5
Distribution (including retail), hotels, catering and repairs	15,850	21.1	17,526	22.7	40,403	32.2
Transport	7,255	9.7	5,706	7.5	4,884	5.2
Finance and other	28,363	37.8	31,906	41.4	41,672	44.2
Total in employment	75,065		77,088		94,352
Self employed	7,988		9,200		12,582
Total employment	83,053		86,288		106,934