2001 Census
ECONOMIC PROFILE for Forres West and Altyre
| Economic Activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All people aged 16-74 | 2389 |
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All |
Male |
Female |
|
| Economically Active: | |||
| Employed Full time | 45.12% |
61.75% |
27.98% |
| Employed Part time | 13.06% |
2.47% |
23.98% |
| Self Employed | 7.37% |
10.88% |
3.74% |
| Unemployed | 4.48% |
5.77% |
3.15% |
| Full-time Student | 2.26% |
1.32% |
3.23% |
| Economically Inactive: | |||
| Retired | 11.64% |
8.74% |
14.63% |
| Student | 2.6% |
2.14% |
3.06% |
| Looking after home/family | 5.82% |
0.41% |
11.39% |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 4.44% |
4.37% |
4.51% |
| Other | 3.22% |
2.14% |
4.34% |
| Industry of Employment | |||
| All people aged 16-74 in employment | 1612 |
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| Agriculture, hunting and forestry | 5.77% |
8.33% |
2.33% |
| Fishing | 0.12% |
0.22% |
0.0% |
| Mining and Quarrying | 1.49% |
2.27% |
0.44% |
| Manufacturing | 8.31% |
11.8% |
3.63% |
| Electricity, gas & water supply | 0.5% |
0.87% |
0.0% |
| Construction | 8.31% |
13.2% |
1.74% |
| Wholesale & retail trade, repair of motor vehicles | 15.69% |
11.04% |
21.95% |
| Hotels & Catering | 5.65% |
2.92% |
9.3% |
| Transport, storage & communication | 6.58% |
7.47% |
5.38% |
| Financial intermediation | 0.93% |
0.43% |
1.6% |
| Real estate, renting & business activities | 11.35% |
9.31% |
14.1% |
| Public administration & defence | 16.75% |
23.48% |
7.7% |
| Education | 4.34% |
1.73% |
7.85% |
| Health & social work | 9.68% |
2.81% |
18.9% |
| Other | 4.53% |
4.11% |
5.09% |
| Qualifications (see note below) | |||
| Group 1 | 31.52% |
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| Group 2 | 14.36% |
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| Group 3 | 6.91% |
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| Group 4 | 14.61% |
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| No qualifications or qualifications outwith this group | 32.61% |
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| Occupational Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|
All |
Male |
Female |
|
| Managers and senior officials | 8.87% |
10.71% |
6.4% |
| Professional | 4.96% |
5.3% |
4.51% |
| Associate professional & technical | 17.12% |
22.4% |
10.03% |
| Administrative & secretarial | 8.87% |
3.46% |
16.13% |
| Skilled trades | 15.51% |
24.03% |
4.07% |
| Personal service | 8.31% |
1.84% |
17.01% |
| Sales & customer service | 12.34% |
4.65% |
22.67% |
| Process, plant & machine Operatives | 8.56% |
13.85% |
1.45% |
| Elementary occupations | 15.45% |
13.74% |
17.73% |
| Socio-Economic Classification | |||
| Occupations: | |||
| Large employers & higher managerial | 2.43% |
4.2% |
0.6% |
| Higher professional | 2.3% |
3.54% |
1.02% |
| Lower managerial and professional | 16.66% |
19.54% |
13.69% |
| Intermediate | 10.97% |
7.91% |
14.12% |
| Small employers & own account workers | 6.45% |
9.4% |
3.4% |
| Lower supervisory and techical | 9.54% |
14.51% |
4.42% |
| Semi-routine | 16.87% |
11.46% |
22.45% |
| Routine | 12.22% |
13.77% |
10.63% |
| Never worked | 1.67% |
0.91% |
2.47% |
| Long-term unemployed | 1.38% |
1.57% |
1.19% |
| Full-time Students | 4.77% |
3.38% |
6.21% |
| Not Classifiable | 14.73% |
9.81% |
19.81% |
| Travel to work and place of study | |||
| Work from home | 5.65% |
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| Train | 1.86% |
||
| Bus, minibus or coach | 4.31% |
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| Motorcycle, scooter or moped | 0.87% |
||
| Driving a car or van | 52.21% |
||
| Passenger in a car or van | 11.48% |
||
| Taxi or minicab | 0.41% |
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| Bicycle | 7.93% |
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| On foot | 13.75% |
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| Other | 1.52% |
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| For more information contact: Caroline Cook, Planning and Development, The Moray Council, High Street Elgin 01343 563265 | |||