2001 Census
ECONOMIC PROFILE for Elgin - Central West
| Economic Activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All people aged 16-74 | 2352 |
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All |
Male |
Female |
|
| Economically Active: | |||
| Employed Full time | 41.71% |
52.26% |
31.21% |
| Employed Part time | 11.86% |
3.92% |
19.76% |
| Self Employed | 9.31% |
13.3% |
5.34% |
| Unemployed | 2.72% |
3.41% |
2.04% |
| Full-time Student | 2.42% |
2.13% |
2.71% |
| Economically Inactive: | |||
| Retired | 19.3% |
16.03% |
22.56% |
| Student | 2.0% |
2.05% |
1.95% |
| Looking after home/family | 4.51% |
0.17% |
8.82% |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 3.95% |
4.94% |
2.97% |
| Other | 2.21% |
1.79% |
2.63% |
| Industry of Employment | |||
| All people aged 16-74 in employment | 1531 |
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| Agriculture, hunting and forestry | 1.37% |
2.04% |
0.57% |
| Fishing | 0.07% |
0.12% |
0.0% |
| Mining and Quarrying | 1.63% |
2.99% |
0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 10.58% |
13.53% |
7.04% |
| Electricity, gas & water supply | 0.65% |
0.84% |
0.43% |
| Construction | 6.07% |
9.58% |
1.87% |
| Wholesale & retail trade, repair of motor vehicles | 14.57% |
13.65% |
15.66% |
| Hotels & Catering | 8.16% |
6.23% |
10.49% |
| Transport, storage & communication | 3.53% |
4.43% |
2.44% |
| Financial intermediation | 2.81% |
2.28% |
3.45% |
| Real estate, renting & business activities | 11.04% |
13.53% |
8.05% |
| Public administration & defence | 11.82% |
14.49% |
8.62% |
| Education | 10.45% |
5.51% |
16.38% |
| Health & social work | 13.26% |
6.83% |
20.98% |
| Other | 3.98% |
3.95% |
4.02% |
| Qualifications (see note below) | |||
| Group 1 | 20.54% |
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| Group 2 | 16.88% |
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| Group 3 | 8.67% |
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| Group 4 | 29.51% |
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| No qualifications or qualifications outwith this group | 24.4% |
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| Occupational Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|
All |
Male |
Female |
|
| Managers and senior officials | 16.59% |
21.08% |
11.21% |
| Professional | 16.59% |
14.85% |
18.68% |
| Associate professional & technical | 16.59% |
18.44% |
14.37% |
| Administrative & secretarial | 11.3% |
4.43% |
19.54% |
| Skilled trades | 10.19% |
15.81% |
3.45% |
| Personal service | 5.09% |
1.92% |
8.91% |
| Sales & customer service | 8.03% |
5.39% |
11.21% |
| Process, plant & machine Operatives | 6.21% |
10.06% |
1.58% |
| Elementary occupations | 9.41% |
8.02% |
11.06% |
| Socio-Economic Classification | |||
| Occupations: | |||
| Large employers & higher managerial | 3.78% |
6.14% |
1.44% |
| Higher professional | 6.76% |
9.21% |
4.33% |
| Lower managerial and professional | 23.38% |
22.51% |
24.26% |
| Intermediate | 8.8% |
4.86% |
12.72% |
| Small employers & own account workers | 6.97% |
9.21% |
4.75% |
| Lower supervisory and techical | 7.02% |
10.4% |
3.65% |
| Semi-routine | 10.54% |
8.95% |
12.13% |
| Routine | 6.51% |
7.59% |
5.43% |
| Never worked | 1.7% |
1.02% |
2.37% |
| Long-term unemployed | 0.55% |
0.77% |
0.34% |
| Full-time Students | 4.25% |
4.01% |
4.5% |
| Not Classifiable | 19.73% |
15.35% |
24.09% |
| Travel to work and place of study | |||
| Work from home | 7.63% |
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| Train | 2.09% |
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| Bus, minibus or coach | 1.91% |
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| Motorcycle, scooter or moped | 0.37% |
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| Driving a car or van | 43.63% |
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| Passenger in a car or van | 6.03% |
||
| Taxi or minicab | 0.31% |
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| Bicycle | 3.63% |
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| On foot | 32.49% |
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| Other | 1.91% |
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| For more information contact: Caroline Cook, Planning and Development, The Moray Council, High Street Elgin 01343 563265 | |||